Dumont Avenue & Herzl Street

Dumont Avenue and Herzl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Park is 40 feet away, and Living Laboratory Community Garden is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them gardens, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Saratoga Av/Dumont Av · B7
Within a walk
16 places
6 gardens, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Herzl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Saratoga 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. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Dumont Av, 630 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Dumont Av B7
    630 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Herzl Street

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

West side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 gardens
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    40 feet
  2. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    330 feet
  3. Amboy Street Garden
    620 feet
Show all 8
  1. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    630 feet
  2. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    910 feet
  3. Fantasy Garden
    1,110 feet
  4. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Sunkissed Garden
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    390 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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 Dumont Avenue or Herzl Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.