Dumont Avenue & Barbey Street

Dumont Avenue and Barbey Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sankofa Park is 610 feet away, and Sutter Ballfields is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them gardens, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
990 feet
New Lots Av/Barbey St · B15
Within a walk
24 places
8 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Barbey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    1,280 feet
    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 3
    1,290 feet
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Barbey St, 990 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Barbey St B15
    990 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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 (North)
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

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 September 2017 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barbey Street

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

West side of Barbey Street

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

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    610 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    640 feet
Show all 12
  1. Sankofa Park Playground
    700 feet
  2. Commitment Garden
    720 feet
  3. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    850 feet
  4. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    870 feet
  5. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    1,010 feet
  6. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,060 feet
  7. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,120 feet
  8. Sutter Ballfields Park
    1,180 feet
  9. CAUSA Festival Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,020 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barbey 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.