Dumont Avenue & Amboy Street

Dumont Avenue and Amboy Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Pool is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Saratoga Av/Dumont Av · B7
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Amboy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,320 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Dumont Av, 890 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Dumont Av B7
    890 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 17 docks in all
    250 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. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 389 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    1,100 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    1,100 feet
  3. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    370 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    380 feet
Show all 7
  1. Amboy Street Garden
    610 feet
  2. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    890 feet
  4. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    1,300 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    220 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Street or Dumont 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.