Harkness Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street
Harkness Avenue and Plumb 2nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooklyn Amity School is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Harkness Av, is 590 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. Within 820 feet are two homes.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Harkness Av, 590 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Harkness Av B4590 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 820 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station1,190 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
Within 820 feet of this corner are two homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Amur maackia and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Harkness Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School920 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park1,220 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice1,040 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Plumb 3rd Street & Harkness Avenue 240 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 260 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 540 feet
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 730 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Plumb 3rd Street 730 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 760 feet
- Shore Parkway & Plumb 3rd Street 790 feet
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 820 feet
See every intersection along Harkness Avenue or Plumb 2nd Street.