Dumont Avenue & Ashford Street

Dumont Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Plaza is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Livonia Av/Ashford St · B6, B84
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    560 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livonia Av/Ashford St, 590 feet away, for the B6 and B84.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av/Ashford St B6, B84
    590 feet
    B6 B84

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B84 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Barbey St 12 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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 (North)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    420 feet
  2. Elton Street Community Garden
    690 feet
  3. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elton Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashford Street 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.