New Lots Avenue & Jerome Street

New Lots Avenue and Jerome Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New Lots Library is 380 feet away, and Elton Playground is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
New Lots Av/Jerome St · B15
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Jerome Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    650 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Jerome St, 160 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Jerome St B15
    160 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2016.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Jerome Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Jerome Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal (late), and built between 1823 and 1824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sankofa Park
    310 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    500 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. Commitment Garden
    810 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    1,220 feet
  4. Elton Playground
    1,240 feet
  5. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    380 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jerome 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.