Elton Street & New Lots Avenue

Elton Street and New Lots Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Elton Playground is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
New Lots Av/Elton St · B15
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elton Street & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    500 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Elton St, 130 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Elton St B15 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 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 October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elton Street

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

West side of Elton Street

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

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 324552 and 336017.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Playground
    200 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    350 feet
  3. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elton Street Community Garden
    720 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    460 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 15 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elton Street or New Lots 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.