Dumont Avenue & Georgia Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Georgia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Long Island Baptist Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 290/Ladder 103 firehouse is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
22 places
9 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Georgia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,130 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Sutter Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av, 600 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av B20, B83 · Shelter
    600 feet
    B20 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & New Jersey Ave 12 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1971.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Long Island Baptist Houses development.

Since 2014 at least 307 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Georgia Avenue

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

West side of Georgia Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    420 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    420 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    490 feet
Show all 13
  1. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    550 feet
  2. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    550 feet
  3. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    550 feet
  4. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    560 feet
  5. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  6. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  7. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    700 feet
  8. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,130 feet
  9. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,130 feet
  10. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    620 feet
  2. Duke Park
    910 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 14 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Georgia 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.