Dumont Avenue & Alabama Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School is 160 feet away, and Duke Park is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
23 places
9 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Alabama Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania 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. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Pennsylvania Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av, 870 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av B20, B83 · Shelter
    870 feet
    B20 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Williams Ave 16 docks in all
    820 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development.

Since 2014 at least 421 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    160 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    160 feet
  3. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 13
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    710 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    750 feet
  3. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    810 feet
  4. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    810 feet
  5. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    810 feet
  6. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    820 feet
  7. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    860 feet
  8. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    860 feet
  9. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  10. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    360 feet
  2. Duke Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    790 feet
  2. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine 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 Alabama Avenue or Dumont Avenue.

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