Whitney Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street
Whitney Avenue and Plumb 2nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, is 180 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, 180 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av B31, BM4180 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station0.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1957.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School750 feet
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School820 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park720 feet
- Dr John's Playground1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue 120 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Whitney Avenue 310 feet
- Stuart Street & Whitney Avenue 400 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 2nd Street 480 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 1st Street 620 feet
- Knapp Street & Whitney Avenue 630 feet
- Burnett Street & Whitney Avenue 660 feet
- Avenue W & Gerritsen Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along Plumb 2nd Street or Whitney Avenue.