Dumont Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Dumont Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Powell Street Garden is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Livonia Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Livonia Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Snediker Av/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
9 places
2 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Livonia Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av L
    560 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    1,190 feet
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    1,270 feet
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Seasons” (2007) by Philemona Williamson at the Livonia Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Snediker Av/Livonia Av, 850 feet away, for the T426.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Snediker Av/Livonia Av T426
    850 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 18 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 312 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-8PM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    980 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    980 feet
  3. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Street Garden
    920 feet
  2. Livonia Park
    930 feet
  3. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lion's Pride Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Van Sinderen Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.