Dumont Avenue & Saratoga Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunkissed Garden is 630 feet away, and Betsy Head Field House is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them gardens, and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
600 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Saratoga Av/Dumont Av · B7
Within a walk
17 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    600 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3
  2. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Dumont Av, 110 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Dumont Av B7
    110 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Saratoga Ave 21 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 January 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    320 feet
  2. Fantasy Garden
    570 feet
  3. Sunkissed Garden
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    860 feet
  2. Isabahlia Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Amboy Street Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. Howard Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    900 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 Saratoga 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.