Liberty Avenue & Essex Street

Liberty Avenue and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Liberty Avenue Middle School is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Atlantic Av/Essex St · Q24
Within a walk
27 places
16 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    1,150 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Essex St, 830 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Essex St Q24
    830 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 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
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
25 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.

Since 2014 at least 282 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Essex Street

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

West side of Essex Street

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

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    620 feet
  2. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    620 feet
  3. Vista Academy School
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    890 feet
  2. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    900 feet
  3. Followers of Jesus School
    1,140 feet
  4. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    510 feet
  2. Paradise Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,310 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Essex 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.