Newport Street & Watkins Street

Newport Street and Watkins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 184 Newport is 160 feet away, and P.S. 041 Francis White is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av · B99
Within a walk
18 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Newport Street & Watkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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 Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av, 820 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av B99
    820 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Newport St 14 docks in all
    320 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1978 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 173 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newport Street

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

South side of Newport Street

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

East side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 184 Newport School
    160 feet
  2. Mott Hall IV School
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Abib Newborn Garden
    160 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    320 feet
  3. Newport Playground
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Newport Garden
    660 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    890 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  4. Gethsemane Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Newport Street or Watkins Street.

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.