New Lots Avenue & Malta Street

New Lots Avenue and Malta Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New Lots Av/Williams Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Malta Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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/Williams Av, 110 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    480 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
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
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.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Malta Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Malta Street

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

South side of New Lots Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    190 feet
  2. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. Prophecy Garden
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    1,140 feet
  2. Sheffield Garden
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,230 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 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 Malta 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.