Shore Boulevard & Amherst Street

Shore Boulevard and Amherst Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shulamith of Brooklyn is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1938 and 1957, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
West End Av/Shore Blvd · B49
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Boulevard & Amherst Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/Shore Blvd, 300 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/Shore Blvd B49
    300 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1938 and 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amherst Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-2PM

West side of Amherst Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM

South side of Shore Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Titans DCC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Mesivta & Yeshiva Gedolah-Manhattan School
    740 feet
  3. Shulamith of Brooklyn School
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn School of Excellence School
    1,080 feet
  2. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    1,080 feet
  3. Little Scholars Learning Center III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Temple Beth El Manhattanbeach House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amherst Street or Shore Boulevard.

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