Livonia Avenue & Amboy Street

Livonia Avenue and Amboy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Pool is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Saratoga Av/Livonia Av · B7
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Amboy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    750 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    1,110 feet
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Livonia Av, 890 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Livonia Av B7
    890 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Saratoga Ave 21 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
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 351 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,000 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    270 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    360 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Street or Livonia Avenue.

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