East New York-New Lots

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

Around New Lots Avenue in eastern Brooklyn, this part of East New York keeps the name of an early farming settlement.

  • 1.67 square miles
  • 53,004 residents, 2020 Census
  • 243 street corners
  • 6 subway stations
  • 13 bus routes

Farmers from Flatbush moved here in the 1670s and called their new holdings New Lots to distinguish them from the Old Lots back in Flatbush; New Lots separated from the Town of Flatbush in 1852 and became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1886. The settlement's New Lots Reformed Church, put up in 1823 and 1824 at 630 New Lots Avenue and still standing beside its cemetery, was named a city landmark in 1966.

Sources: Lion's Pride Playground History (NYC Parks); New Lots Reformed Church and Cemetery (Wikipedia); East New York, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Designation Report: Empire State Dairy Company Buildings (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission).

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East New York-New Lots borders six areas, and New Lots Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 32 of 243.

Street map of East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn, outlined among Canarsie, East New York (North), Brownsville and Spring Creek-Starrett City, with its six subway stations and Linden Park.East New York (North)East New York-City LineSpring Creek-Starrett CityCanarsieEast Flatbush-Remsen VillageBrownsville
  • East New York-New Lots
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • New Lots Av lines 3
  • Van Siclen Av lines 3
  • Pennsylvania Av lines 3
  • Livonia Av lines L accessible
  • New Lots Av lines L
  • East 105 St lines L

Getting around

Six subway stations and buses on 13 routes stop in or at the edge of East New York-New Lots.

  • 6 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 12 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • B6
  • B13
  • B15
  • B20
  • B60
  • B82
  • B82-SBS
  • B83
  • B84
  • B99
  • Q8
  • T426

Express bus route

  • BM5

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 3,513 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 14.5 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 5 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 44 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
30
Accessible pedestrian signals
14
Safety Improvement Projects
8
Turn calming
4
Enhanced crossings
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 15,698 red-light camera tickets at four corners
  • 18,627 school-zone speed camera tickets at 12 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Linden Boulevard & Pennsylvania Avenue, 11,552
Most speed tickets
Linden Boulevard & Schenck Avenue, 4,009

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 53,004 residents in East New York-New Lots, about 31,700 per square mile.

  • 20,387 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,920 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 4,942 residential lots hold buildings from 1930 or earlier, and 56% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's East New York City Line and FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX) developments lie wholly or partly within East New York-New Lots.

East New York City Line
Partly within East New York-New Lots
FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX)
Partly within East New York-New Lots

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
17.1 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Linden Park (9.2 acres), Lion's Pride Playground (0.9 acre) and Sankofa Park (0.9 acre)
Designated landmark
The New Lots Reformed Dutch Church

Streets and trees

Trees
5,831 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and Japanese flowering cherry
Street with the most corners
New Lots Avenue, with 32 of the area's 243
Height above sea level
From 8 feet at Williams Avenue & De Witt Avenue to 33 feet at Livonia Avenue & Snediker Avenue
Honorary street names
20 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 25 schools and three libraries in East New York-New Lots.

Public schools
18
Charter and private schools
7
Libraries
New Lots Learning Center, New Lots Library and Spring Creek Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 14 bike-share stations stand in East New York-New Lots.

  • 14 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 840 major felonies at places in East New York-New Lots.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in East New York-New Lots

  • 803 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,718 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of East New York-New Lots, the NYPD recorded another 160 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 18.9 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in East New York-New Lots.

Police precincts
75th (most of the area), 69th, 73rd
Major felonies recorded at places in East New York-New Lots, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 375 major felonies at places in East New York-New Lots, against 395 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.