Riverdale Avenue & Bradford Street

Riverdale Avenue and Bradford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Monty's Bradford Street Garden is 870 feet away, and Dumont Garden of Green is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
New Lots Av/Bradford St · B15, B83
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Bradford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    1,040 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Bradford St, 280 feet away, for the B15 and B83.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Bradford St B15, B83 · Shelter
    280 feet
    B15 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & New Lots Ave 18 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
28 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    610 feet
  2. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    870 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 7
  1. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,190 feet
  3. Sankofa Park
    1,250 feet
  4. Commitment Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    1,190 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Temple House of David House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. New Lots Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 17 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bradford 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.