Riverdale Avenue & Snediker Avenue

Riverdale Avenue and Snediker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Positive Seeds of Life Garden is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Livonia Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Livonia Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Snediker Av/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
7 places
3 gardens, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Snediker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Livonia Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av L
    830 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Seasons” (2007) by Philemona Williamson at the Livonia Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Snediker Av/Livonia Av, 550 feet away, for the T426.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Snediker Av/Livonia Av T426
    550 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 18 docks in all
    800 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. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 351 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Snediker Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Snediker Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lion's Pride Playground
    40 feet
  2. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    420 feet
  3. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Powell Street Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Livonia Park
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 Riverdale Avenue or Snediker 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.