Dumont Avenue & Vermont Street

Dumont Avenue and Vermont Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Temple House of David is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Vermont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,080 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 3
    0.3 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av, 630 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Dumont Av B20, B83
    630 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dumont Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & New Jersey Ave 12 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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-New Lots
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vermont Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    660 feet
  3. New Grace Education Center School
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    930 feet
  2. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    930 feet
  3. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    930 feet
  4. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    990 feet
  5. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Duke Park
    230 feet
  2. Duke Park Playground
    240 feet
  3. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    560 feet
  2. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Temple House of David House of worship
    390 feet
  2. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    720 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine 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 Vermont Street.

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.