Liberty Avenue & Forbell Street

Liberty Avenue and Forbell Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
80 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Liberty Av/Forbell St · Q8
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 1 garden and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Forbell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    1,100 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Grant Av A
    1,300 feet
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOAR” (2016) by Mia Pearlman at the 80 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Forbell St, 90 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Forbell St Q8
    90 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335863.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Adl Institute Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. BACDYS Garden (Bangladeshi American Development and Youth Services) Garden
    470 feet
  2. Belmont Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Liberty Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Liberty Avenue War Memorial Monument or memorial
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redeeming Grace Baptist Church House of worship
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forbell 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.