Belmont Avenue & Osborn Street

Belmont Avenue and Osborn Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Osborn Street Plaza is 60 feet away, and Brownsville Collaborative Middle School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Pitkin Av/Osborn St · B14
Within a walk
34 places
13 religious buildings, 3 community centers and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Osborn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. 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 Pitkin Av/Osborn St, 560 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Osborn St B14 · Shelter
    560 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Watkins St 15 docks in all
    780 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
    1,180 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1954.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MIDNIGHT-4AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318633 and 328031.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 schools
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,140 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,140 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    800 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    880 feet
  3. ISO Student Farm Garden
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Howard Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    60 feet
  2. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Langston Hughes Community Center
    520 feet
  2. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brownsville Post Office
    1,080 feet
  2. Seth Low Community Center
    1,090 feet
  3. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  4. Howard Community Center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    820 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    100 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 22 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Osborn 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.