Spring Creek-Starrett City

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

On the Jamaica Bay side of East New York, south of Flatlands Avenue, Spring Creek is named for one of several creeks that once drained this former salt marsh into the bay.

  • 0.97 square miles
  • 17,038 residents, 2020 Census
  • 61 street corners
  • 10 bus routes

It includes Starrett City, 46 apartment buildings of up to 20 stories begun in 1972 under the Mitchell-Lama housing program and renamed Spring Creek Towers in 2002, with its own power plant and two public schools. A shopping complex opened in 2002 and modular rowhouses followed from 2008, and the old landfills by the bay became the 407-acre Shirley Chisholm State Park, which opened in 2019 with 10 miles of trails.

Sources: Spring Creek, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Starrett City (Wikipedia); Starrett City history (Brooklyn Daily Eagle); Shirley Chisholm State Park (New York State Parks).

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Spring Creek-Starrett City borders four areas, and Vandalia Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 15 of 61.

Street map of Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn, outlined among Shirley Chisholm State Park, East New York-New Lots, East New York-City Line and Canarsie, with Spring Creek Park.East New York-New LotsEast New York-City LineShirley Chisholm State ParkCanarsie
  • Spring Creek-Starrett City
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on ten routes stop in or at the edge of Spring Creek-Starrett City.

  • 8 local bus routes
  • 2 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B13
  • B60
  • B82
  • B82-SBS
  • B83
  • B84
  • B103
  • Q8

Express bus routes

  • BM2
  • BM5

Safety record

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

  • 663 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 10.9 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 14 corners with a clean record

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

Leading pedestrian intervals
6
Accessible pedestrian signals
2
Turn calming
2
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

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

  • 1,604 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 18,515 school-zone speed camera tickets at four corners
  • 2,198 bus-lane camera tickets at one corner
Most red-light tickets
Pennsylvania Avenue & Seaview Avenue, 1,604
Most speed tickets
Pennsylvania Avenue & Hornell Loop, 8,055
Most bus-lane tickets
Pennsylvania Avenue & Schroeders Avenue, 2,198

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 17,038 residents in Spring Creek-Starrett City, about 17,600 per square mile.

  • 8,251 homes, 2020 Census
  • 4,347 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 566 residential lots hold buildings from 2011 or earlier, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

One NYCHA development, which NYCHA names by a building's address, lies wholly or partly within Spring Creek-Starrett City.

Parks

Parkland
72.7 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Spring Creek Park (42.4 acres), Fresh Creek Nature Preserve (25.7 acres) and Spring Creek Park (2.2 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
2,289 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Vandalia Avenue, with 15 of the area's 61
Height above sea level
From 10 feet at Flatlands Avenue & Georgia Avenue to 24 feet at Erskine Street & Belt Parkway
Honorary street name
1 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools

The City lists six schools in Spring Creek-Starrett City.

Public schools
4
Charter and private schools
2

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 377 major felonies at places in Spring Creek-Starrett City.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Spring Creek-Starrett City

  • 391 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,500 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Spring Creek-Starrett City, the NYPD recorded another 63 major felonies.

Police precinct
75th
Major felonies recorded at places in Spring Creek-Starrett City, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 145 major felonies at places in Spring Creek-Starrett City, against 162 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.