Newport Street & Thatford Avenue

Newport Street and Thatford Avenue 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. Mott Hall IV is 240 feet away, and New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Rockaway Av/Newport St · B60
Within a walk
18 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newport Street & Thatford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Newport St, 370 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Newport St B60
    370 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & Osborn St 16 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 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 173 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Newport Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Thatford Avenue

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

West side of Thatford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall IV School
    240 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    240 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
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  1. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 184 Newport School
    690 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newport Garden
    130 feet
  2. Abib Newborn Garden
    310 feet
  3. Newport Playground
    560 feet
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  1. Gethsemane Garden
    730 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    840 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park
    1,140 feet
  4. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,180 feet
  5. Osborn Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Newport Street or Thatford 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.