Belmont Avenue & Junius Street

Belmont Avenue and Junius Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 150 Christopher is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Junius St/Sutter Av · B14, T426
Within a walk
18 places
11 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Junius Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    760 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.5 miles
    L
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junius St/Sutter Av, 570 feet away, for the B14 and T426.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Sutter Av B14, T426
    570 feet
    B14 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …
  2. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Belmont Ave 15 docks in all
    320 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1967.

Since 2014 at least 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Junius Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    820 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    900 feet
  3. Houston Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Junius 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.