Livonia Avenue & Schenck Avenue

Livonia Avenue and Schenck Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner is also named African Burial Ground Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sankofa Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
New Lots Av/Schenck Av · B15
Within a walk
25 places
12 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Schenck Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    550 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
    980 feet
    3
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 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/Schenck Av, 480 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Schenck Av B15
    480 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Schenck Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    80 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
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
19 feet above sea level

This corner is also named African Burial Ground Square, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on African Burial Ground Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Schenck Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Schenck Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 7 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 25 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    410 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sankofa Park
    40 feet
  2. Commitment Garden
    40 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    50 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sankofa Park Playground
    70 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    300 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    450 feet
  4. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia Avenue or Schenck 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, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.