Riverdale Avenue & Legion Street

Riverdale Avenue and Legion Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Division 15/Engine 283 firehouse is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
810 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Riverdale Av/Legion St · B7
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Legion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    810 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 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/Legion St, 110 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/Legion St B7
    110 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & E 98 St 16 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Legion Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Legion Street

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

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 3 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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    770 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 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 Legion 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.