Plumb 1st Street & Whitney Avenue
Plumb 1st Street and Whitney Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, is 490 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, 490 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av B31, BM4490 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.7 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 August 2019.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are 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 1950 and 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School510 feet
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School920 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park1,020 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 is one place to eat and two 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Whitney Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 310 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 1st Street 310 feet
- Knapp Street & Whitney Avenue 330 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue 430 feet
- Avenue W & Knapp Street 470 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 2nd Street 570 feet
- Stuart Street & Whitney Avenue 710 feet
- Avenue W & Brigham Street 750 feet
See every intersection along Plumb 1st Street or Whitney Avenue.