Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Avenue T and Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Sheepshead Bay is abutted by the neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Homecrest to the west; Midwood to the north; and Gerritsen Beach to the east.
Ocean Avenue Footbridge
Races, c. 1872–1887
Sheepshead Bay, facing east
Many homes like this were built in the 1920s
Ocean Parkway is a 4.86-mile-long (7.82 km) boulevard in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is inventoried by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) as New York State Route 908H (NY 908H), an unsigned reference route.
Ocean Parkway facing north
Apartment buildings at Ocean Parkway and 18th Ave.
Image: Ocean Parkway during renovation in 2011
Image: High rise buildings on Ocean Parkway