New Lots Avenue & Sackman Street

New Lots Avenue and Sackman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Green Valley Garden is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New Lots Av/Sackman St · B15
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 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/Sackman St, 110 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Sackman St B15
    110 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on New Lots Avenue and Sackman Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Powell St 16 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 630 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Valley Garden
    60 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    320 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    350 feet
Show all 6
  1. Veterans Triangle
    620 feet
  2. Osborn Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    400 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and seven 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Lots Avenue or Sackman Street.

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.