Belmont Avenue & Crystal Street

Belmont Avenue and Crystal Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Library is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Sutter Av/Fountain Av · B14
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Crystal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    1,120 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
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Fountain Av, 660 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Fountain Av B14 · Shelter
    660 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 May 2017 and June 2023, 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 Crystal 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 Crystal 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
    440 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    610 feet
  2. Green Gems Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    500 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    640 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Crystal Street.

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