Westway & Shipways Avenue
Westway and Shipways Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Commandant's House, Quarters A stands 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Navy St/Sands St, is 0.5 miles away for the B62, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Navy St/Sands St, 0.5 miles away, for the B62.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Navy St/Sands St B620.5 milesB62
Next buses at this stop
- B62 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Sands St Gate 19 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11205
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 33
- Police precinct
- 88
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
Homes
About 100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 27 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1817 and 1876.
- Commandant's House, Quarters A Designated landmark410 feet
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Wegmans Supermarket0.4 miles
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 listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- West Street & Shipways Avenue 220 feet
- 2nd Street & Morris Avenue 1,020 feet
- 2nd Street & Dock Avenue 1,150 feet
- 2nd Street & Eastway 0.3 miles
- 3rd Street & Morris Avenue 0.3 miles
- 2nd Street & Chauncey Avenue 0.3 miles
- 3rd Street & Dock Avenue 0.3 miles
- 2nd Street & Front Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Shipways Avenue.