Shore Parkway & Voorhies Avenue

Shore Parkway and Voorhies Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sixteen Lindens Triangle is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
140 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Voorhies Av/E 14 St · B4, B49
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shore Parkway & Voorhies Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    140 feet
    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 Voorhies Av/E 14 St, 240 feet away, for the B4 and B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Voorhies Av/E 14 St B4, B49
    240 feet
    B4 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 530 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    100 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

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 three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Shore Parkway

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

South side of Shore Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Voorhies Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Edp School of Computer Programming Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Nata's Kids Preschool
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    1,020 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    830 feet
  2. Sixteen Lindens Triangle
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Shore Parkway or Voorhies Avenue.

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