Dumont Avenue & Hendrix Street

Dumont Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Victory Garden B5 is 280 feet away, and New Lots Learning Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them gardens, and three places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
New Lots Av/Hendrix St · B15
Within a walk
27 places
10 gardens, 10 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    770 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Hendrix St, 1,180 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Hendrix St B15
    1,180 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue and Hendrix Street.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Barbey St 12 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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-New Lots
Elevation
18 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of Dumont Avenue

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

East side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    280 feet
  2. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    500 feet
  3. Commitment Garden
    520 feet
Show all 13
  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    550 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    610 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    700 feet
  4. CAUSA Festival Garden
    750 feet
  5. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    810 feet
  6. Sankofa Park
    870 feet
  7. Big Red Community Garden
    870 feet
  8. Sankofa Park Playground
    900 feet
  9. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    970 feet
  10. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,210 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    780 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    910 feet
  3. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten 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 Hendrix Street.

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.