New Jersey Avenue & Wortman Avenue

New Jersey Avenue and Wortman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ethan Allen Playground is 50 feet away, and Spring Creek Library is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Wortman Av/Pennsylvania Av, is 110 feet away for the B20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Wortman Av/Pennsylvania Av · B20
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Jersey Avenue & Wortman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wortman Av/Pennsylvania Av, 110 feet away, for the B20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wortman Av/Pennsylvania Av B20
    110 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Wortman Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sheffield Ave & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 12113 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 in 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Wortman Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 326926.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Aspire Charter School Middle School
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 306 Ethan Allen School
    480 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ethan Allen Playground
    50 feet
  2. Linden Park
    950 feet
  3. Linden Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spring Creek Library
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pennsylvania Avenue-Wortman Avenue Community Center
    620 feet
  2. Older adult center at 530 Stanley Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Jersey Avenue or Wortman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.