Livonia Avenue & Hinsdale Street

Livonia Avenue and Hinsdale Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Livonia Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Livonia Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Snediker Av/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Hinsdale Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Livonia Av, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av L
    530 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    1,190 feet
    3
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Seasons” (2007) by Philemona Williamson at the Livonia Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Snediker Av/Livonia Av, 280 feet away, for the T426.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Snediker Av/Livonia Av T426
    280 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hinsdale Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Williams Ave 16 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 584 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hinsdale Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hinsdale Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    660 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    870 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    870 feet
  3. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    310 feet
  2. Lion's Pride Playground
    820 feet
  3. Powell Street Garden
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Livonia Park
    850 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Hinsdale 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.