Plumb 3rd Street & Harkness Avenue
Plumb 3rd Street and Harkness Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marine Park is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Harkness Av, is 830 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. Within 820 feet are 43 homes, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Harkness Av, 830 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Harkness Av B4830 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, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.
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
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
Within 820 feet of this corner are 43 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Regent' Japanese pagodatree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Harkness Avenue
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Plumb 3rd Street
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park970 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Harkness Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 240 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Plumb 3rd Street 490 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 500 feet
- Shore Parkway & Plumb 3rd Street 540 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 780 feet
- Shore Parkway & Emmons Avenue 870 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Belt Parkway 960 feet
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 960 feet
See every intersection along Harkness Avenue or Plumb 3rd Street.