Knapp Street & Whitney Avenue
Knapp Street and Whitney Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, is 820 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, 820 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av B31, BM4820 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station1,130 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School180 feet
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School1,250 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue W & Knapp Street 140 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Whitney Avenue 330 feet
- Avenue W & Brigham Street 420 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 1st Street 420 feet
- Whitney Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 630 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 2nd Street 680 feet
- Avenue W & Bragg Street 690 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Knapp Street or Whitney Avenue.