Rockaway Avenue & Livonia Avenue

Rockaway Avenue and Livonia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Tilden development. Between 2021 and 2025, 71 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
36 hurt
71 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Rockaway Av/Livonia Av · B60
Within a walk
26 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Avenue & Livonia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av 3
    60 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Saratoga Av 3
    0.3 miles
    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/Livonia Av, 80 feet away, for the B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Livonia Av B60
    80 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Rockaway Ave 22 docks in all
    170 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 71 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Tilden development.

Since 2014 at least 617 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Ultrazam' hackberry and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Livonia Avenue

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

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 FRIDAY 10AM-5PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    490 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    840 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    850 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. Newport Playground
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Playground
    920 feet
  3. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  4. Newport Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,180 feet
  6. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    480 feet
Show all 5
  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    800 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,060 feet
  3. Tilden Community Center
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,070 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.