New Lots Avenue & Milford Street

New Lots Avenue and Milford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 400 feet to 400 Montauk Community Garden. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Dumont Av/Milford St · B15
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Milford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dumont Av/Milford St, 160 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dumont Av/Milford St B15
    160 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Milford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Milford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of New Lots Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    560 feet
  3. School for Classics High School
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    400 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    1,250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 11 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Milford Street or New Lots Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.