Liberty Avenue & Ashford Street

Liberty Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ashford Street Abundant Garden is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
30 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Atlantic Av/Warwick St · Q24
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Las Flores” (2007) by Amy Cheng at the Cleveland St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Warwick St, 750 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Warwick St Q24
    750 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 089 Cypress Hills School
    880 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    1,060 feet
  3. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Vista Academy School
    1,060 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Ascend CS MS School
    1,180 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    270 feet
  2. Paradise Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. Floral Vineyard Garden
    960 feet
  2. Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone Garden
    980 feet
  3. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Concerned Residents of Barbey Street Garden
    1,190 feet
  5. Oriental Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten 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 Ashford Street or Liberty 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.