Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue
Knapp Street and Harkness Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 6,679 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Marine Park is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Harkness Av, is 50 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Harkness Av, 50 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Harkness Av B450 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, 280 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station690 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 6,679 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 119th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,700 more were issued.
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
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 900 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 1961 and 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Harkness Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Harkness Avenue
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Knapp Street
- Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
West side of Knapp Street
- Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
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 School380 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park840 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground900 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice500 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 190 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 220 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 280 feet
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 280 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 330 feet
- Harkness Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 540 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 650 feet
- Knapp Street & Voorhies Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along Harkness Avenue or Knapp Street.