New Lots Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

New Lots Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A Patch of Inspiration is 490 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 ten public places, four of them gardens, and one place to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av · B15, T426
Within a walk
10 places
4 gardens, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Lots Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    50 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
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.5 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, 50 feet away, for the B15 and T426.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av B15, T426
    50 feet
    B15 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. T426 …

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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
69 and 73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    490 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    580 feet
  3. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    780 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brownsville Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Lion's Pride Playground
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    300 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 New Lots Avenue or Van Sinderen 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.