Livonia Avenue & Strauss Street

Livonia Avenue and Strauss Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Park is 50 feet away, and Little Rock Baptist Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Strauss Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    230 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, 370 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Saratoga Ave 21 docks in all
    330 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, December 2021

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 308 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 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 Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    790 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    690 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia Avenue or Strauss Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.