Belmont Avenue & Alabama Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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Belmont Avenue & Alabama Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Alabama Av, 590 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Alabama Av B14 · Shelter
    590 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Williams Ave & Pitkin Ave 12 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1972 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    930 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    610 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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:

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