Rockaway Avenue & Belmont Avenue

Rockaway Avenue and Belmont Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Brownsville Post Office is 550 feet away, and Risen Christ Lutheran Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Rockaway Av/Belmont Av · B60
Within a walk
34 places
17 religious buildings, 6 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Avenue & Belmont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

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 Rockaway Av/Belmont Av, 100 feet away, for the B60.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Belmont Av B60
    100 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Ave & Blake Ave 16 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2022
  • Safety Improvement Project, 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
41 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 1954 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Rockaway Avenue (west side).

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318635, 320937, 320938 and 340144.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    1,080 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    1,230 feet
  4. Sid Miller Academy School
    1,230 feet
  5. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    1,290 feet
  6. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ISO Student Farm Garden
    360 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    930 feet
  3. Dr. Green Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet
  2. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    550 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    590 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    420 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Rockaway Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.