Junius Street & Lott Avenue

Junius Street and Lott Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1987 and 2018, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
430 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av · B15
Within a walk
8 places
3 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Junius Street & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    430 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
    0.4 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/Van Sinderen Av, 360 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av B15
    360 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 15 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes 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 October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 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 1987 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 468 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Junius Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    320 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    400 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,230 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    290 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Junius Street or Lott 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.