Livonia Avenue & Chester Street

Livonia Avenue and Chester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Baptist Church Brownsville is 100 feet away, and Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Rockaway Av/Livonia Av · B60
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Chester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av 3
    310 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
    0.3 miles
    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, 340 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Rockaway Ave 22 docks in all
    430 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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 2,200 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 pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Chester Street

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

North side of Livonia Avenue

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

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    580 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    580 feet
  3. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    920 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Newport Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 125 Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    140 feet
  3. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    790 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    850 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester 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.