Liberty Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Liberty Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Houston Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about four 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 gardens. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Liberty Av/Snediker Av · T426
Within a walk
11 places
3 gardens, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av L
    940 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/Snediker Av, 210 feet away, for the T426.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/Snediker Av T426
    210 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Liberty Ave & Sackman St 12 docks in all
    760 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. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 161 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Trey Whitfield School
    1,090 feet
  2. Christopher Avenue Community School
    1,170 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLeod Community Garden
    690 feet
  2. Houston Playground
    790 feet
  3. Williams Avenue Community Garden
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    970 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Van Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: 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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.