Dumont Avenue & Milford Street

Dumont Avenue and Milford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School for Classics High School is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Dumont Av/Milford St · B15
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Milford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dumont Av/Milford St, 100 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dumont Av/Milford St B15
    100 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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-New Lots
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Milford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Milford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    670 feet
  3. School for Classics High School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    1,260 feet
  4. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 12 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 Milford 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.