Georgia Avenue & Riverdale Avenue

Georgia Avenue and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 190 Sheffield is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Georgia Avenue & Riverdale Avenue 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.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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/Riverdale Av, 590 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av B20, B83
    590 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 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
    680 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. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 349 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Georgia Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Georgia Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy School of the Arts School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    450 feet
  3. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    690 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    690 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    900 feet
  4. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    900 feet
  5. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    620 feet
  2. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lion's Pride Playground
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,100 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 20 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 Riverdale 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.