Dumont Avenue & Atkins Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Atkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Elementary School of Excellence is 750 feet away, and Elton Street Community Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
New Lots Av/Berriman St · B15
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Atkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Berriman St, 320 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Berriman St B15
    320 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Atkins Avenue

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

West side of Atkins Avenue

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

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens

Schools and child care

  1. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    750 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,080 feet
  4. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,150 feet
  5. School for Classics High School
    1,150 feet
  6. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  7. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    240 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 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 Atkins 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.