Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Y

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School is 570 feet away, and Yak Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue Y, is 120 feet away for the B36 and B44. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue Y · B36, B44
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Y Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue Y, 120 feet away, for the B36 and B44.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue Y B36, B44
    120 feet
    B36 B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
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 1,600 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 1953 and 1958.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 12 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 Y

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Nostrand Avenue

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

West side of Nostrand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322232, 322235 and 322675.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School
    570 feet
  2. Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sheepshead Bay Child care
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground 286 Playground
    500 feet
  2. Sheepshead Playground
    840 feet
  3. Yak Playground
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Bay Library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shore Park Jewish Center House of worship
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sheepshead Bay Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3643 Nostrand Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    260 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    610 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Nostrand Plaza Shopping center
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 16 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 Y or Nostrand Avenue.

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