Liberty Avenue & Hemlock Street

Liberty Avenue and Hemlock Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. City Line Park is 1,000 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 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Crescent St/Liberty Av · B13
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Hemlock 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. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. Crescent St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Liberty Av, 270 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Liberty Av B13
    270 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.5 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
    1.1 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Liberty Avenue (north side).

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 323728 and 329859.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adl Institute Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    1,000 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 21 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 Hemlock Street or Liberty Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.