New Lots Avenue & Atkins Avenue

New Lots Avenue and Atkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Gabriels RC Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
New Lots Av/Berriman St · B15
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Atkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Berriman St, 250 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Berriman St B15
    250 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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-New Lots
Elevation
20 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    820 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,010 feet
  3. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,010 feet
  4. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,160 feet
  5. School for Classics High School
    1,160 feet
  6. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  7. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    230 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Linwood Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 13 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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