Belmont Avenue & Chestnut Street

Belmont Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The ornamental gates “Family Library Table” are 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
860 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Euclid Av/Belmont Av · B13
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    860 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Belmont Av, 500 feet away, for the B13.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Belmont Av B13
    500 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

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

East side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Cypress Hill Library.

  1. Family Library Table Ornamental gates by Rolando Briseno, 1995
    540 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    350 feet
  2. Green Gems Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 Belmont Avenue or Chestnut Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.