Livonia Avenue & Sheffield Avenue

Livonia Avenue and Sheffield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 290/Ladder 103 firehouse is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
24 places
13 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Sheffield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania 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. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av, 460 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av B20, B83
    460 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 359 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6PM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    380 feet
  2. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    380 feet
Show all 16
  1. New Grace Education Center School
    670 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    770 feet
  4. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    770 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    810 feet
  6. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    870 feet
  7. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    870 feet
  8. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    870 feet
  9. Legacy School of the Arts School
    940 feet
  10. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    940 feet
  11. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    1,130 feet
  12. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    1,130 feet
  13. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    560 feet
  2. Duke Park
    1,230 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    40 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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