Liberty Avenue & Hendrix Street

Liberty Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Clara's Garden is 720 feet away, and P.S. 290 Juan Morel Campos is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Atlantic Av/Hendrix St · Q24, T340, T430, T434
Within a walk
28 places
16 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    1,160 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    1,230 feet
    J Z
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Hendrix St, 570 feet away, for the Q24, T340, T430 and T434.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Hendrix St Q24, T340, T430, T434 · Countdown sign
    570 feet
    Q24 T340 T430 T434
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …
  3. T430 …
  4. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Hendrix Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schenck Ave & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hendrix Street

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

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance / Romanesque Revival, and built between 1906 and 1907.

  1. Empire State Dairy Company Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Cypress Hills Ascend CS MS School
    700 feet
  2. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 290 Juan Morel Campos School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Escape to Nature Garden
    460 feet
  2. Clara's Garden
    720 feet
  3. Herbal Garden of East New York Garden
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. East End Community Garden
    750 feet
  2. Concerned Residents of Barbey Street Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone Garden
    1,170 feet
  4. Oriental Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. St Michaels Church House of worship
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hendrix Street or Liberty Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.