East New York (North)

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

East New York (North) takes in the northern blocks of East New York, a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn.

  • 1.00 square mile
  • 42,818 residents, 2020 Census
  • 204 street corners
  • 7 subway stations
  • 14 bus routes

The Dutch knew the land as Ostwout, or east woods, and in 1835 Connecticut merchant John Pitkin, the namesake of Pitkin Avenue, and a partner bought three farms here and called them East New York, a name meant to suggest a tie to the city to the west. Growth came with horsecars in 1859, the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903 and the subway in 1922, and the Empire State Dairy buildings on Atlantic Avenue, with tile panels showing cows in Alpine fields, became a city landmark in 2017.

Sources: Designation Report: Empire State Dairy Company Buildings (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Linwood Playground History (NYC Parks); East New York, Brooklyn (Wikipedia).

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East New York (North) borders five areas, and Glenmore Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 31 of 204.

Street map of East New York (North), Brooklyn, outlined among Cypress Hills, East New York-New Lots, Brownsville and East New York-City Line, with its seven subway stations and Grace Playground.Cypress HillsEast New York-City LineEast New York-New LotsBrownsvilleOcean Hill
  • East New York (North)
  • 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

  • Van Siclen Av lines J Z
  • Alabama Av lines J Z
  • Atlantic Av lines L
  • Liberty Av lines C
  • Shepherd Av lines C
  • Van Siclen Av lines C
  • Sutter Av lines L

Getting around

Seven subway stations and buses on 14 routes stop in or at the edge of East New York (North).

  • 7 subway stations
  • 14 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B12
  • B14
  • B15
  • B20
  • B25
  • B83
  • B111
  • Q8
  • Q24
  • Q56
  • T340
  • T426
  • T430
  • T434

Safety record

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

  • 3,206 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 15.7 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 71 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
64
Accessible pedestrian signals
9
Turn calming
5
Enhanced crossings
2
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

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

  • 9,236 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 7,655 school-zone speed camera tickets at four corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue, 9,075
Most speed tickets
Blake Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue, 3,959

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 42,818 residents in East New York (North), about 42,800 per square mile.

  • 14,766 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,248 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 4,594 residential lots hold buildings from 1930 or earlier, and 61% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Long Island Baptist Houses, Unity Plaza (Sites 17,24,25A), Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) and East New York City Line developments lie wholly or partly within East New York (North).

Long Island Baptist Houses
Within East New York (North)
Unity Plaza (Sites 17,24,25A)
Within East New York (North)
Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27)
Within East New York (North)
East New York City Line
Partly within East New York (North)

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
11 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Grace Playground (2.7 acres), Martin Luther King Jr. Playground (2.3 acres) and Sutter Ballfields (1.8 acres)
Designated landmark
The Empire State Dairy Company

Streets and trees

Trees
4,754 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, Japanese zelkova and London planetree
Street with the most corners
Glenmore Avenue, with 31 of the area's 204
Height above sea level
From 14 feet at Blake Avenue & Fountain Avenue to 66 feet at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway
Honorary street names
6 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools

The City lists 19 schools in East New York (North).

Public schools
13
Charter and private schools
6

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 21 bike-share stations stand in East New York (North).

  • 21 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 692 major felonies at places in East New York (North).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in East New York (North)

  • 744 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,130 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of East New York (North), the NYPD recorded another 131 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 19.2 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in East New York (North).

Police precinct
75th
Major felonies recorded at places in East New York (North), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 333 major felonies at places in East New York (North), against 339 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.