Amboy Street & Newport Street

Amboy Street and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 165 Ida Posner is 730 feet away, and Newport Garden is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
E 98 St/Willmohr St · B15
Within a walk
18 places
12 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Street & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Willmohr St, 1,110 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Willmohr St B15
    1,110 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herzl St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Newport Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    730 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    860 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    620 feet
  2. Newport Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Betsy Head Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 Amboy Street or Newport Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.