Belmont Avenue & Thatford Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Thatford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Hughes Apartments development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Langston Hughes Community Center is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Rockaway Av/Belmont Av · B60
Within a walk
31 places
15 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Thatford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Belmont Av, 340 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Belmont Av B60
    340 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Watkins St 15 docks in all
    1,040 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
    0.3 miles
  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
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Hughes Apartments development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 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 Thatford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING APRIL-DECEMBER MONDAY-FRIDAY 11AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Thatford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318635 and 328031.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    1,200 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ISO Student Farm Garden
    630 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    970 feet
  3. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chester Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet
  2. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Langston Hughes Community Center
    320 feet
  2. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    320 feet
  3. Brownsville Post Office
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    70 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    160 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 25 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 Thatford 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.