Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue
Plumb 1st Street and Harkness Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lew Fidler Park Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Harkness Av, is 330 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Harkness Av, 330 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Harkness Av B4330 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, 560 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station930 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2015.
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
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1960 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School660 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park1,120 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground1,180 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice780 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Harkness Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 260 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 280 feet
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 470 feet
- Plumb 3rd Street & Harkness Avenue 500 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 510 feet
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 560 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 620 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 930 feet
See every intersection along Harkness Avenue or Plumb 1st Street.