New Lots Avenue & Berriman Street

New Lots Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. It is 510 feet to 400 Montauk Community Garden. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
New Lots Av/Berriman St · B15
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Berriman Street 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Berriman St, 40 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    650 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Achievement First Aspire Charter School
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns School
    1,090 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    510 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Elton Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 14 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 Berriman Street 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.