Belmont Avenue & Ruby Street

Belmont Avenue and Ruby Street meet at a five-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Belmont Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Pitkin Av/76 St · Q112
Within a walk
4 places
1 park, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Ruby Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/76 St, 710 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/76 St Q112
    710 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
32 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Belmont Playground
    310 feet
  2. Judge Angelo Graci Triangle
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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 75th Street, Belmont Avenue or Ruby 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.