New Lots Avenue & New Jersey Avenue

New Lots Avenue and New Jersey Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) is 910 feet away, and New Grace Education Center is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av · B15, B83, B99
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & New Jersey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,260 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Pennsylvania Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av, 100 feet away, for the B15, B83 and B99.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av B15, B83, B99
    100 feet
    B15 B83 B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B83 …
  3. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of New Jersey Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 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
    370 feet
  2. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 213 New Lots School
    1,000 feet
  2. New Grace Education Center School
    1,020 feet
  3. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,050 feet
  4. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    730 feet
  2. Sheffield Garden
    750 feet
  3. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Jersey Avenue 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.