Dumont Avenue & Berriman Street

Dumont Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Middle School of Excellence is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
New Lots Av/Berriman St · B15
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Berriman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Berriman St, 160 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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 (North)
Elevation
20 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    490 feet
  2. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    490 feet
  3. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    530 feet
Show all 6
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    910 feet
  3. Elton Street Community Garden
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Linwood Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Elton Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    890 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 13 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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