Liberty Avenue & Montauk Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Montauk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shield of Faith is 210 feet away, and Montauk Atkins Community Garden is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Atlantic Av/Milford St · Q24, T340
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Montauk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Euclid Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Milford St, 1,160 feet away, for the Q24 and T340.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Milford St Q24, T340
    1,160 feet
    Q24 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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 (North)
Elevation
34 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 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Montauk Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Montauk Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    610 feet
  3. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shield of Faith Garden
    210 feet
  2. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Green Gems Garden
    1,240 feet
  4. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Liberty Avenue or Montauk 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.