Livonia Avenue & Grafton Street

Livonia Avenue and Grafton 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 Park is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
E 98 St/Clarkson Av · B15
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Grafton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    560 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Clarkson Av, 490 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Clarkson Av B15
    490 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1952.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 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 Grafton Street

  • 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 Grafton Street

  • No parking 5 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    850 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    970 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grafton 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.