New Lots Avenue & Bradford Street

New Lots Avenue and Bradford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fresh Farm is 1,130 feet away, and New Lots Learning Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
New Lots Av/Bradford St · B15, B83
Within a walk
24 places
12 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Bradford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    1,070 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Bradford St, 120 feet away, for the B15 and B83.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Bradford St B15, B83 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B15 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & New Lots Ave 18 docks in all
    450 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 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
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    790 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    1,310 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,050 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sankofa Park
    1,280 feet
  2. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,220 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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