Nostrand Avenue & Avenue X

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue X 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, 683 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, five red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Sheepshead Bay Community Center is 220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue X, is 30 feet away for the B36, B44 and B44 SBS.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue X · B36, B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue X, 30 feet away, for the B36, B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue X B36, B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    30 feet
    B36 B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B44 …
  3. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.

  • 29 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2000

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 5 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 683 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 993rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 222 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 1950 and 1955.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322232, 322233 and 323928.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sheepshead Bay Child care
    470 feet
  2. Congregation Bnos Yaakov School
    810 feet
  3. J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Thinkschool School
    1,050 feet
  2. Congregation Lev Bais Yaakov School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Sunlight Garden - Sheepshead Nostrand Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    650 feet
  2. Playground 286 Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Bay Library
    430 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shore Park Jewish Center House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sheepshead Bay Community Center
    220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3643 Nostrand Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    280 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Nostrand Plaza Shopping center
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 18 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 X or Nostrand Avenue.

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