Riverdale Avenue & Osborn Street
Riverdale Avenue and Osborn Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mott Hall IV is 500 feet away, and Little Rock Baptist Church is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.
- 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Rockaway Av 31,060 feet3
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 3 …
New Lots
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Also within a walk
- Junius St 30.3 miles3
- Livonia Av L0.5 milesL
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av, 480 feet away, for the B99.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av B99480 feetB99
Next buses at this stop
- B99 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Riverdale Ave & Osborn St 16 docks in all70 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1975 and 2008.
Since 2014 at least 173 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Osborn Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Osborn Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Riverdale Avenue
- No parking 6 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 listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.
- 5 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 schools
- 2 gardens
- 2 older adult centers
- 5 other places
Schools and child care
- The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K160 feet
- Mott Hall IV School500 feet
- P.S. 041 Francis White School500 feet
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- Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5580 feet
- Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K580 feet
- Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School600 feet
- P.S. 184 Newport School1,000 feet
- P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 51,200 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Newport Playground50 feet
- Nehemiah Park310 feet
- Nehemiah Park Playground350 feet
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- Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park580 feet
- Abib Newborn Garden620 feet
- Newport Garden930 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship500 feet
- Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship1,090 feet
- Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship1,260 feet
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- First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship1,310 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center410 feet
- Tilden Community Center1,110 feet
- Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket0.3 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Riverdale Avenue & Thatford Avenue 260 feet
- Riverdale Avenue & Watkins Street 260 feet
- Rockaway Avenue & Riverdale Avenue 520 feet
- Mother Gaston Boulevard & Riverdale Avenue 530 feet
- Newport Street & Osborn Street 570 feet
- Riverdale Avenue & Chester Street 790 feet
- Riverdale Avenue & Christopher Avenue 810 feet
- Newport Street & Thatford Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Osborn Street or Riverdale Avenue.