Dumont Avenue & Jerome Street

Dumont Avenue and Jerome Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them gardens, and six places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
New Lots Av/Jerome St · B15
Within a walk
22 places
8 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Jerome Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,040 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Jerome St, 890 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Jerome St B15
    890 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Jerome Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Jerome Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    400 feet
  2. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    600 feet
  3. Sankofa Park
    860 feet
Show all 11
  1. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    890 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    940 feet
  3. Commitment Garden
    960 feet
  4. Jerome Gardens Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  7. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    1,260 feet
  8. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,250 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Jerome 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.