Ashford Street & New Lots Avenue

Ashford Street and New Lots Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Gabriels RC Church is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Livonia Av/Ashford St · B6, B84
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ashford Street & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    80 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livonia Av/Ashford St, 130 feet away, for the B6 and B84.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av/Ashford St B6, B84
    130 feet
    B6 B84

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B84 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Ashford Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ashford Street

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

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Playground
    680 feet
  2. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    800 feet
  3. Linwood Playground
    820 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sankofa Park
    850 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    940 feet
  3. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,060 feet
  4. Commitment Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    70 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    950 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 16 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashford Street or New Lots Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.