Shore Parkway & Brown Street
Shore Parkway and Brown Street 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. In 2025, 7,716 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sheepshead Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St, is 330 feet away for the BM3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St, 330 feet away, for the BM3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St BM3330 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station0.5 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 December 2024.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 7,716 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 90th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 567 more were issued.
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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Shore Parkway
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Shore Parkway
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K830 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Brown Street & Voorhies Avenue 450 feet
- Shore Parkway & Ford Street 520 feet
- Belt Parkway & Nostrand Avenue 650 feet
- Batchelder Street & Voorhies Avenue 680 feet
- Haring Street & Voorhies Avenue 710 feet
- Shore Parkway & Nostrand Avenue 750 feet
- Voorhies Avenue & Ford Street 940 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along Brown Street or Shore Parkway.