Riverdale Avenue & Christopher Avenue

Riverdale Avenue and Christopher Avenue 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. Floyd Patterson Ballfields is 50 feet away, and Newport Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them parks.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av · B99
Within a walk
20 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Christopher Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    860 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av, 320 feet away, for the B99.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1976 and 2002.

Since 2014 at least 145 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Christopher Avenue

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

West side of Christopher Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. P.S. 184 Newport School
    890 feet
  3. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall IV School
    1,310 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    50 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    320 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. Newport Playground
    850 feet
  2. Van Dyke Playground
    850 feet
  3. Powell Street Garden
    980 feet
  4. Livonia Park
    1,130 feet
  5. Abib Newborn Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tilden Community Center
    1,130 feet
  2. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,130 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 Christopher Avenue 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.