New Jersey Avenue & Riverdale Avenue

New Jersey Avenue and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First East New York Charter School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
15 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Jersey Avenue & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    820 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 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/Riverdale Av, 320 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av B20, B83
    320 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 & Wyona St 14 docks in all
    1,130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 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 June 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    350 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    350 feet
  3. New Grace Education Center School
    570 feet
Show all 7
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Legacy School of the Arts School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    940 feet
  4. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  2. Sheffield Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. Duke Park
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Duke Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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