Livonia Avenue & Sackman Street

Livonia Avenue and Sackman Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Dyke I is 170 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 19 public places, four of them religious buildings. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Junius St/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
19 places
4 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    50 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
    760 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, 530 feet away, for the T426.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Livonia Avenue and Sackman Street.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Mother Gaston Blvd 18 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
32 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, 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 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 June 2021 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    1,260 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Livonia Park
    300 feet
  2. Powell Street Garden
    300 feet
  3. Van Dyke Playground
    410 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nehemiah Park
    590 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    880 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library Landmark
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet
  2. Tilden Community Center
    820 feet
  3. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 Livonia Avenue or Sackman Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.