Dumont Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. CAUSA Festival Garden is 490 feet away, and Duke Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av · B99
Within a walk
25 places
10 gardens, 9 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    520 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 C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av, 1,160 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av B99
    1,160 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradford St & Dumont Ave 16 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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 (North)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of Dumont Avenue

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

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

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

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    300 feet
  2. CAUSA Festival Garden
    490 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    530 feet
Show all 15
  1. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    560 feet
  2. Big Red Community Garden
    610 feet
  3. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    750 feet
  4. Commitment Garden
    770 feet
  5. Fresh Farm Garden
    830 feet
  6. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    840 feet
  7. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    950 feet
  8. Sankofa Park
    1,120 feet
  9. Sankofa Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  10. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  11. Duke Park
    1,250 feet
  12. Duke Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Temple House of David House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and eight 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Van Siclen 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.