Liberty Avenue & Shepherd Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Shepherd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av · Q24
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    890 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av, 830 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av Q24
    830 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

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)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
28 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 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2014 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    630 feet
  2. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    650 feet
  3. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    880 feet
Show all 8
  1. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    880 feet
  2. Vista Academy School
    880 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  4. Followers of Jesus School
    930 feet
  5. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    770 feet
  2. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,000 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 Shepherd 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.