Livonia Avenue & Hendrix Street

Livonia Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Commitment Garden is 40 feet away, and New Lots Plaza is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
New Lots Av/Hendrix St · B15
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    300 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,240 feet
    3
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Hendrix St, 610 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Hendrix St B15
    610 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Hendrix Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal (late), and built between 1823 and 1824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Commitment Garden
    40 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    40 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    130 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sankofa Park
    300 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    320 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    340 feet
  4. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    1,070 feet
  5. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,070 feet
  6. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,120 feet
  7. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    640 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hendrix Street or Livonia Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.