Pennsylvania Avenue & Livonia Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue and Livonia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First East New York Charter School is 500 feet away, and Monty's Bradford Street Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
47 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
26 places
11 schools, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pennsylvania Avenue & Livonia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    60 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
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.3 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 Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av, 180 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av B20, B83
    180 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & New Jersey Ave 12 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 47 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 15 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 307 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-6PM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Grace Education Center School
    390 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    500 feet
Show all 15
  1. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    500 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    610 feet
  3. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  4. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    650 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    650 feet
  6. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    950 feet
  7. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    960 feet
  8. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    960 feet
  9. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    960 feet
  10. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  11. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,220 feet
  12. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    840 feet
  2. Duke Park
    950 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia Avenue or Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.