Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay
Neighborhood
Ocean Avenue Footbridge
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°34′55″N 73°56′31″W / 40.582°N 73.942°W / 40.582; -73.942
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 15[1]
Area
• Total	2.2800 sq mi (5.9053 km2)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	64,518 (103,834 with Madison subsection)
Ethnicity [3]
• White	68.1%
• Asian	15.7
• Hispanic	8.1
• Black	6.4
• Other	1.7
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

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.

The neighborhood is named after a bay that separates mainland Brooklyn from the eastern portion of Coney Island, which was originally one of the Outer Barrier islands but is now a peninsula. The mouth of the bay is about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Marine Park.

Sheepshead Bay is part of Brooklyn Community District 15, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11229 and 11235.^[1] It is patrolled by the 61st Precinct of the New York City Police Department.^[4] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 46th and 48th Districts.