Belmont Avenue & Essex Street

Belmont Avenue and Essex Street 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. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
700 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Sutter Av/Essex St · B14
Within a walk
33 places
20 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Shepherd Av C
    700 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

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

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Essex St B14 · Shelter
    550 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter 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
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 (North)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 75 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Essex 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 Essex Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    1,130 feet
  2. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linwood Street Garden
    740 feet
  2. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Floral Vineyard Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 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 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 Essex Street.

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