Dumont Avenue & Cleveland Street

Dumont Avenue and Cleveland Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Gabriels RC Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them gardens, and eight places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
New Lots Av/Cleveland St · B15
Within a walk
12 places
4 gardens, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Cleveland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    790 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 New Lots Av/Cleveland St, 600 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Cleveland St B15
    600 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    880 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. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Street Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    650 feet
  3. Elton Playground
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Linwood Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 16 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 Cleveland 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.