Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue
Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Amity School is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Shore Pkwy, is 280 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 two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Shore Pkwy, 280 feet away, for the B4 and B44.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Shore Pkwy B4, B44280 feetB4 B44
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
- B44 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway, 60 feet by car along the streets.
- 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 countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023
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
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 School1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park110 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground180 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice530 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway 60 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Plumb 1st Street 280 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Brigham Street 280 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 390 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 500 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 710 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 730 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Coyle Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Emmons Avenue or Knapp Street.