Bristol Street & Riverdale Avenue

Bristol Street and Riverdale Avenue 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. Little Rock Baptist Church is 440 feet away, and Betsy Head Park is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av · B99
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bristol Street & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    1,060 feet
    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
    0.4 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 Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av, 500 feet away, for the B99.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av B99
    500 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  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
    1.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 681 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and January 2025, 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 Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    970 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    970 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Mott Hall IV School
    1,290 feet
  4. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    650 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    790 feet
  3. Newport Playground
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Betsy Head Park
    900 feet
  2. Newport Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,230 feet
  4. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    750 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,110 feet
  3. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 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 Riverdale 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.