Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue
Shore Parkway and Harkness Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lew Fidler Park Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Knapp St/Harkness Av, is 190 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Knapp St/Harkness Av, 190 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Knapp St/Harkness Av B4190 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 100 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 18 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 1,100 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 1961 and 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School300 feet
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K1,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park950 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground1,020 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice610 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 100 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 190 feet
- Belt Parkway & Knapp Street 340 feet
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 450 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 470 feet
- Harkness Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 730 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 760 feet
- Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue 840 feet
See every intersection along Harkness Avenue or Shore Parkway.