Bristol Street & Newport Street

Bristol Street and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gethsemane Garden is 80 feet away, and Abib Newborn is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Rockaway Av/Newport St · B60
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bristol Street & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

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/Newport St, 650 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Newport St B60
    650 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 15 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 194 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bristol Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bristol Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Newport Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall IV School
    1,030 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,030 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    80 feet
  2. Newport Garden
    570 feet
  3. Abib Newborn Garden
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 12 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 Bristol Street or Newport 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.