Livonia Avenue & Ashford Street

Livonia Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Plaza is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 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
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
30 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Livonia Av/Ashford St · B6, B84
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    30 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livonia Av/Ashford St, 60 feet away, for the B6 and B84.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av/Ashford St B6, B84
    60 feet
    B6 B84

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B84 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342288.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Playground
    660 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    770 feet
  3. Family Community Garden Brooklyn Garden
    790 feet
Show all 10
  1. Linwood Playground
    810 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    860 feet
  3. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    990 feet
  4. Commitment Garden
    1,030 feet
  5. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,030 feet
  6. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  7. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,030 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 16 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashford 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.