Liberty Avenue & Crystal Street

Liberty Avenue and Crystal Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School is 460 feet away, and Shield of Faith is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Euclid Av/Liberty Av · B13
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Crystal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Liberty Av, 790 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Liberty Av B13
    790 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 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. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
28 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    450 feet
  3. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    460 feet
Show all 4
  1. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    130 feet
  2. Green Gems Garden
    490 feet
  3. City Line Park
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. City Line Park Playground
    620 feet
  2. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    520 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Crystal Street or Liberty Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.