New Lots Avenue & Junius Street

New Lots Avenue and Junius Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United Missionary Baptist Church is 460 feet away, and Veterans Triangle is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av · B15
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Junius Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    290 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. Junius St 3
    0.4 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/Van Sinderen Av, 230 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av B15
    230 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 15 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022
  • Turn calming, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2000 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 477 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Junius Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Junius Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    180 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    260 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    150 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Junius 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.