Riverdale Avenue & Amboy Street

Riverdale Avenue and Amboy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Riverdale Avenue Middle School is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av · B99
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Amboy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,320 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av, 850 feet away, for the B99.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av B99
    850 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 15 docks in all
    370 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. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 169 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    430 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    430 feet
  3. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    620 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    790 feet
  3. Gethsemane Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,030 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and nine 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 Amboy Street or Riverdale 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.