Dumont Avenue & New Jersey Avenue

Dumont Avenue and New Jersey Avenue 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. Duke Park is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1948, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
25 places
10 schools, 7 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & New Jersey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    820 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av, 370 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av B20, B83
    370 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & New Jersey Ave 12 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 8 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 25 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    400 feet
  3. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    670 feet
  2. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    670 feet
  3. New Grace Education Center School
    680 feet
  4. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    1,050 feet
  5. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    1,050 feet
  6. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    1,230 feet
  7. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    1,230 feet
  8. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duke Park
    100 feet
  2. Duke Park Playground
    100 feet
  3. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    650 feet
  2. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    820 feet
  3. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or New Jersey Avenue.

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.