Loring Avenue & Forbell Street
Loring Avenue and Forbell Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pink Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Loring Av/Drew St, is 170 feet away for the B14 and B15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Loring Av/Drew St, 170 feet away, for the B14 and B15.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Loring Av/Drew St B14, B15170 feetB14 B15
Next buses at this stop
- B14 …
- B15 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Loring Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 640 Conduit Boulevard Gas station0.8 miles
- 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1,040 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 12 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East New York-City Line
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1988 and 2000.
Since 2014 at least 316 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Forbell Street
- No parking 18 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Forbell Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Loring Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 garden
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pink Playground840 feet
- Pink's Paradise Garden of Love - Pink Houses Garden1,100 feet
Health care
- Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Bazaar Supermarket1,190 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Loring Avenue & Drew Street 260 feet
- Loring Avenue & Eldert Lane 270 feet
- Loring Avenue & Ruby Street 520 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Forbell Street 570 feet
- Loring Avenue & Emerald Street 780 feet
- Stanley Avenue & Eldert Lane 840 feet
- Linden Boulevard & Drew Street 880 feet
- Linden Boulevard & Eldert Lane 890 feet
See every intersection along Forbell Street or Loring Avenue.