Livonia Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Livonia Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lion's Pride Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Livonia Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Livonia Av
40 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Snediker Av/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
13 places
3 gardens, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Livonia Av, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av L
    40 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
    700 feet
    3
  2. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

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.

  • 7 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 18 docks in all
    50 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
    0.7 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 423 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Street Garden
    350 feet
  2. Livonia Park
    360 feet
  3. Lion's Pride Playground
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    800 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. Van Dyke Playground
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,050 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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, Livonia Avenue Footbridge or Van Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.