Christopher Avenue & Newport Street

Christopher Avenue and Newport 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. Floyd Patterson Ballfields is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them gardens. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1985 and 1987, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av · B99
Within a walk
18 places
4 gardens, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Christopher Avenue & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 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. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av, 820 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av B99
    820 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Newport St 14 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1985 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 October 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • 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 5 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

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 184 Newport School
    520 feet
  2. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Mott Hall IV School
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,140 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    50 feet
  2. Abib Newborn Garden
    710 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Newport Playground
    1,170 feet
  4. Newport Garden
    1,200 feet
  5. Brownsville Playground
    1,230 feet
  6. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 Christopher Avenue 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.