Shore Parkway & East 26th Street

Shore Parkway and East 26th Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sheepshead Bay Piers is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Shore Pkwy/Bedford Av, is 160 feet away for the B4, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Shore Parkway & East 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Shore Pkwy/Bedford Av, 160 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shore Pkwy/Bedford Av B4
    160 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
7 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 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 26th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Sheepshead Bay Fishing Piers.

  1. Design Team Project Installation by Scott Burton, 1994
    270 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    470 feet
  2. Tucker Place Park
    750 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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