Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway
Knapp Street, Emmons Avenue and Belt Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of Marine Park-Plumb Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Marine Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Shore Pkwy, is 330 feet away for the B4 and B44, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Shore Pkwy, 330 feet away, for the B4 and B44.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Shore Pkwy B4, B44330 feetB4 B44
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
- B44 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
A ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound starts at this corner.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach; the corner is on the edge of the Marine Park-Plumb Island area
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Sterling' silver linden and the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Emmons Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Emmons Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park60 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground120 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice590 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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:
- Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue 60 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Brigham Street 290 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Plumb 1st Street 330 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 450 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 560 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 760 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 780 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Coyle Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Belt Parkway, Emmons Avenue or Knapp Street.