Atlantic Avenue & Vermont Street

Atlantic Avenue and Vermont Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 332/Ladder 175 firehouse is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Atlantic Avenue & Vermont Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    1,000 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Vermont St, 120 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Vermont St Q24
    120 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Vermont Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Atlantic Ave 19 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 288 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Baybee Lounge Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    950 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    450 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.