Stanley Avenue & Sheridan Avenue
Stanley Avenue and Sheridan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development. The corner is also named Tanaya R. Copeland Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Woodruff Playground is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Stanley Av/Sheridan Av, is 200 feet away for the B13, B14 and B20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Stanley Av/Sheridan Av, 200 feet away, for the B13, B14 and B20.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Stanley Av/Sheridan Av B13, B14, B20200 feetB13 B14 B20
Next buses at this stop
- B13 …
- B14 …
- B20 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East New York-City Line
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Tanaya R. Copeland Avenue, a co-naming enacted on February 25, 2016 (Local Law 23 of 2016).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 900 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 in 1964.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tanaya R. Copeland Avenue.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Sheridan Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Sheridan Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Stanley Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 garden
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff School1,000 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pink Playground270 feet
- Woodruff Playground560 feet
- Pink's Paradise Garden of Love - Pink Houses Garden1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket0.3 miles
- Food Bazaar Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
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:
- Stanley Avenue & Postal Facility Road 100 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Lincoln Avenue 250 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Autumn Avenue 510 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Eldert Lane 520 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Hemlock Street 770 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Forbell Street 790 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Crescent Street 1,030 feet
- Loring Avenue & Autumn Avenue 1,080 feet
See every intersection along Sheridan Avenue or Stanley Avenue.