Liberty Avenue & New Jersey Avenue

Liberty Avenue and New Jersey Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Russian Orthodox Church is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Liberty Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
21 places
15 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & New Jersey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    290 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Liberty Av, 390 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Liberty Av B20, B83
    390 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Liberty Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Atlantic Ave 19 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

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
50 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.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    460 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    680 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 Liberty Avenue or New Jersey Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.