Liberty Avenue & Fountain Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Fountain Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Lydia Episcopal Church is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about seven 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 one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
1,050 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 & Fountain Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Liberty Av, 1,050 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Liberty Av B13
    1,050 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    0.5 miles

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. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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 (North)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    260 feet
  2. Green Gems Garden
    460 feet
  3. City Line Park
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shield of Faith Garden
    780 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    330 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fountain Avenue or Liberty Avenue.

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