Livonia Avenue & Herzl Street

Livonia Avenue and Herzl Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peoples Baptist Church is 520 feet away, and Cornerstone Pentecostal Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Saratoga Av/Livonia Av · B7
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Herzl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    490 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 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 Saratoga Av/Livonia Av, 630 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Livonia Av B7
    630 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 267 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Herzl Street

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

West side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 3 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 Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    740 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    520 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    490 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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