Dumont Avenue & Linwood Street

Dumont Avenue and Linwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Elton Street Community Garden is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
New Lots Av/Linwood St · B15
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Linwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,160 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Linwood St, 510 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Linwood St B15
    510 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    1,230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 (North)
Elevation
20 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 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
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    980 feet
  2. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    980 feet
  3. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Street Community Garden
    190 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    640 feet
  3. Elton Playground
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  4. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    480 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 16 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Linwood 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.