Belmont Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden is 40 feet away, and Big Red Community Garden is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them gardens, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
410 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av · B14
Within a walk
24 places
8 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    410 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av, 560 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av B14
    560 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen Ave 18 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
27 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 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    1,140 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    1,140 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    40 feet
  2. Sutter Ballfields Park
    550 feet
  3. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. East End Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Big Red Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Grace Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. CAUSA Festival Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Escape to Nature Garden
    1,200 feet
  7. Gregory's Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorentino Plaza Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and ten 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 Van Siclen 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.