Belmont Avenue & Powell Street

Belmont Avenue and Powell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Low Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park is 560 feet away, and Watkins Street Plaza is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Sutter Av/Powell St · B14
Within a walk
21 places
12 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Powell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    1,030 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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 Sutter Av/Powell St, 600 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Powell St B14
    600 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Powell Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Belmont Ave 15 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 between 1966 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Low Houses development.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Powell Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Powell Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    530 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    560 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    630 feet
  3. Houston Playground
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,060 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Powell Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.