Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway

Shore Parkway and Belt Parkway (Coney Island Avenue) meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Playground is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue Z · B68
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B 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 Coney Island Av/Avenue Z, 970 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue Z B68 · Shelter
    970 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

By car

A ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound starts at this corner.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    880 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. BAM Bam's Playhouse Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    720 feet
  2. Gummy Bears Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Shandor Institute Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School
    1,190 feet
  2. William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    920 feet
  2. Grady Playground
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 246/Ladder 169 Fire station
    460 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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 of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belt Parkway or Shore Parkway.

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