Belmont Avenue & Shepherd Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Shepherd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Atkins Gardeners is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Sutter Av/Shepherd Av · B14
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Shepherd Av C
    440 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Shepherd Av, 570 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Shepherd Av B14
    570 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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 January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 73 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    800 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    860 feet
  3. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Linwood Street Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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