Dumont Avenue & Ruby Street
Dumont Avenue and Ruby Street meet at a five-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Drew St/Dumont Av, is 380 feet away for the B14, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Drew St/Dumont Av, 380 feet away, for the B14.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Drew St/Dumont Av B14380 feetB14
Next buses at this stop
- B14 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 640 Conduit Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers710 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 32 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 75 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East New York-City Line
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1997 and 2018.
Since 2014 at least 235 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 nursing homes or hospices
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- District 27 Pre-K Center at 133-40 79 Street Pre-K center940 feet
Health care
- Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice580 feet
- Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home Nursing home or hospice820 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Bazaar Supermarket1,090 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Dumont Avenue & 76th Street 260 feet
- Dumont Avenue & Drew Street 260 feet
- Dumont Avenue & Amber Street 520 feet
- Dumont Avenue & Forbell Street 520 feet
- Blake Avenue & Ruby Street 580 feet
- Linden Boulevard & Drew Street 770 feet
- 78th Street & Dumont Avenue 780 feet
- Dumont Avenue & Eldert Lane 780 feet
See every intersection along 75th Street, Dumont Avenue or Ruby Street.