Livonia Avenue & Bristol Street

Livonia Avenue and Bristol Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Little Rock Baptist Church is 150 feet away, and Gethsemane Garden is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Rockaway Av/Livonia Av · B60
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Bristol Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    570 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,290 feet
    3
  2. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Livonia Av, 600 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Livonia Av B60
    600 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Rockaway Ave 22 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 617 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bristol Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bristol Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    1,010 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Legacy Leadership High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    320 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    320 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    680 feet
  2. Gethsemane Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    150 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    220 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    340 feet
Show all 4
  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    530 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 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 Bristol 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.