Liberty Avenue & Christopher Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Christopher Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christopher Avenue Community School is 370 feet away, and Howard Community Center is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
East New York Av/Junius St · B12
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Christopher Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Junius St, 1,190 feet away, for the B12.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Junius St B12 · Countdown sign
    1,190 feet
    B12
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Liberty Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Liberty Ave & Sackman St 12 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
54 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 234 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Christopher Avenue Community School
    370 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    370 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,020 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLeod Community Garden
    350 feet
  2. Howard Pool Park
    530 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Houston Playground
    620 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet
  2. Howard Community Center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 12 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Christopher Avenue or Liberty Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.