Dumont Avenue & Fountain Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Fountain Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School for Classics High School is 450 feet away, and Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Dumont Av/Fountain Av, is 40 feet away for the B15. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Dumont Av/Fountain Av · B15
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Fountain Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dumont Av/Fountain Av, 40 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dumont Av/Fountain Av B15
    40 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Dumont Avenue and Fountain Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    450 feet
  3. School for Classics High School
    450 feet
Show all 5
  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    490 feet
  2. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    870 feet
  3. Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    590 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    590 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Fountain Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.