Pennsylvania Avenue & New Lots Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue and New Lots Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,637 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Georgia Avenue Community Garden is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
46 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av · B15, B99
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pennsylvania Avenue & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,080 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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 New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av, 40 feet away, for the B15 and B99.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Pennsylvania Av B15, B99 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B15 B99
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 14 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016
  • Turn calming, April 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,637 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on New Lots Avenue1,217
Southbound on New Lots Avenue420
Total1,637

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Legacy School of the Arts School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 213 New Lots School
    1,250 feet
  4. New Grace Education Center School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    470 feet
  2. Sheffield Garden
    500 feet
  3. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 19 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 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.