Belmont Avenue & Ashford Street

Belmont Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 158 Warwick is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Sutter Av/Ashford St · B14
Within a walk
29 places
15 religious buildings, 9 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Ashford St, 550 feet away, for the B14.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Ashford St B14
    550 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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 (North)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 9 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    200 feet
  2. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    660 feet
  3. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gregory's Garden
    440 feet
  2. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    690 feet
  3. Floral Vineyard Garden
    700 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sutter Ballfields Park
    770 feet
  2. Paradise Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. Jerome Gardens Garden
    880 feet
  4. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    890 feet
  5. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,060 feet
  6. Linwood Street Garden
    1,160 feet
  7. Oriental Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Belmont Avenue.

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