Belmont Avenue & Hemlock Street

Belmont Avenue and Hemlock Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Sutter Av/Autumn Av · B14
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Hemlock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    1,230 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. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Autumn Av, 620 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Autumn Av B14
    620 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hemlock Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert E. Venable Park
    820 feet
  2. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Robert E. Venable Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 Hemlock Street.

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