Greenwood Avenue & Sherman Street

Greenwood Avenue and Sherman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sherman Street Sitting Area is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
520 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av · B68
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greenwood Avenue & Sherman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    520 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av, 460 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av B68 · Shelter
    460 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park SW & Greenwood Ave 30 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1,140 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Sherman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sherman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1895 and 1904.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Prospect Park.

  1. The Horse Tamers Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1899
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  3. Kings Bay y at Windsor Terrace Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    470 feet
  2. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    510 feet
  3. Machate Circle
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Greenwood Playground
    840 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Vanderbilt Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    360 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station · landmark
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenwood Avenue or Sherman Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.