New Lots Avenue & Hinsdale Street

New Lots Avenue and Hinsdale Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prophecy Garden is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
21 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
570 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New Lots Av/Hinsdale St · B15
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Hinsdale Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    570 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Hinsdale St, 110 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Hinsdale St B15
    110 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hinsdale Street and New Lots Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hinsdale St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hinsdale Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hinsdale Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    610 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    830 feet
  3. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Prophecy Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Green Valley Garden
    1,100 feet
  4. Lion's Pride Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    820 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Hinsdale Street or New Lots Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.