Hinsdale Street & Newport Street

Hinsdale Street and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
New Lots Av/Hinsdale St · B15
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hinsdale Street & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    1,000 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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/Hinsdale St, 520 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Hinsdale St B15
    520 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hinsdale Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hinsdale St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 137 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Callery pear.

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 November 2017 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hinsdale Street

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

West side of Hinsdale Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Newport Street

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

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,260 feet
  2. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    400 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    570 feet
  3. Lion's Pride Playground
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    810 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hinsdale Street or Newport 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.