Livonia Avenue & Christopher Avenue

Livonia Avenue and Christopher Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Dyke Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Junius St/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
18 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Christopher Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 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. Livonia Av L
    1,020 feet
    L
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junius St/Livonia Av, 800 feet away, for the T426.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Livonia Av T426
    800 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Mother Gaston Blvd 18 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
30 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development.

Since 2014 at least 426 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Christopher Avenue

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

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Jacobean Revival, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    990 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Dyke Playground
    290 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    320 feet
  3. Livonia Park
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Powell Street Garden
    560 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    610 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library Landmark
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tilden Community Center
    560 feet
  2. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    560 feet
  3. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 Christopher Avenue 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.