Alabama Avenue & Riverdale Avenue

Alabama Avenue and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Winchester Key Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
20 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Alabama Avenue & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Pennsylvania Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av, 850 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av B20, B83
    850 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Williams Ave 16 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Winchester Key Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 365 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Winchester Key Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    710 feet
  3. Legacy School of the Arts School
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    710 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    840 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    1,160 feet
  5. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    1,180 feet
  6. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    610 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    620 feet
  3. Lion's Pride Playground
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alabama Avenue or Riverdale Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.