Georgia Avenue & Newport Street

Georgia Avenue and Newport Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 20 feet away, and Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
New Lots Av/Georgia Av · B15
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Georgia Avenue & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Georgia Av, 240 feet away, for the B15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Georgia Av B15
    240 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2021.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

West side of Georgia Avenue

  • Farmers market 1 sign FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - OCT 31 WEDNESDAY 12:30PM-6:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Newport Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy School of the Arts School
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    490 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    1,290 feet
  3. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    20 feet
  2. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    240 feet
  3. Sheffield Garden
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prophecy Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 Georgia Avenue or Newport 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.