Dumont Avenue & Strauss Street

Dumont Avenue and Strauss Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them gardens, and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
370 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 & Strauss Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    800 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
    0.4 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, 370 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 17 docks in all
    770 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

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

East side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

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
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    590 feet
  3. Fantasy Garden
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amboy Street Garden
    880 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    890 feet
  3. Sunkissed Garden
    900 feet
  4. Isabahlia Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    620 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Strauss Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.