Knapp Street & Voorhies Avenue
Knapp Street and Voorhies Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,892 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Voorhies Av/Knapp St, is 50 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 two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Voorhies Av/Knapp St, 50 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Voorhies Av/Knapp St 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, 930 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station190 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 4,892 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 163rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,756 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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1965 and 1966.
Trees
Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 44 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Knapp Street
- Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 9PM-5AM ALL DAYS
- No standing 15 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
West side of Knapp Street
- Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
North side of Voorhies Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Voorhies Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School540 feet
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K1,180 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice1,160 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
- 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Voorhies Avenue & Bragg Street 540 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 660 feet
- Coyle Street & Voorhies Avenue 810 feet
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 850 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 890 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 940 feet
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 940 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 1,000 feet
See every intersection along Knapp Street or Voorhies Avenue.