Belmont Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Belmont Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Powell Playground is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av · B14
Within a walk
10 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Sutter Av L
    440 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av B14
    570 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Junius St 18 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 184 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

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

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Playground
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Van Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.