Belmont Avenue & Watkins Street

Belmont Avenue and Watkins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Watkins Street Plaza is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1954 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av · B14
Within a walk
37 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Watkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. 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 Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av, 360 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av B14
    360 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Watkins St 15 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 between 1954 and 1956.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331854 and 338261.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    160 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    880 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    880 feet
  2. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  4. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    1,240 feet
  5. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    540 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    620 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. ISO Student Farm Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    700 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    780 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Seth Low Community Center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    830 feet
  3. Howard Community Center
    880 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    560 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    360 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 21 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Watkins Street.

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.