Nostrand Avenue & Avenue V

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue V meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Sheepshead Bay development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,177 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue V, is 60 feet away for the B36 and B44. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue V · B36, B44
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue V Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue V, 60 feet away, for the B36 and B44.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue V B36, B44 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B36 B44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3095 Avenue U Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,177 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 681st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 976 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Sheepshead Bay development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue V

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 324275.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Congregation Lev Bais Yaakov School
    600 feet
  3. Thinkschool School
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herman Dolgon Playground
    310 feet

Health care

  1. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sheepshead Bay Community center
    250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3643 Nostrand Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Nostrand Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 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:

See every intersection along Avenue V or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.