Dumont Avenue & Bristol Street

Dumont Avenue and Bristol Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Park is 50 feet away, and P.S./I.S. 323 is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Rockaway Av/Dumont Av · B60
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Bristol Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    1,060 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Dumont Av, 610 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Dumont Av B60 · Shelter
    610 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 17 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 470 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bristol Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bristol Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Dumont Avenue

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

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    740 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    740 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    90 feet
  3. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    110 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 125 Playground
    880 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    890 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    920 feet
  4. Amboy Street Garden
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    380 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    520 feet
  3. Brownsville Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten 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 Bristol 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.