Belmont Avenue & Sheffield Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Sheffield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace Playground is 410 feet away, and J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Belmont Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Sheffield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Belmont Av, 360 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Belmont Av B20, B83 · Shelter
    360 feet
    B20 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Sheffield Ave 12 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    1,190 feet
  2. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    1,190 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    410 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 16 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 Sheffield Avenue.

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.