Sackman Street & Lott Avenue

Sackman Street and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. United Missionary Baptist Church is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
New Lots Av/Sackman St · B15
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sackman Street & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    950 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Sackman St, 410 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Sackman St B15
    410 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sackman Street.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Lott Ave 15 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 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.

Since 2014 at least 559 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Valley Garden
    300 feet
  2. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    470 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    880 feet
  2. Veterans Triangle
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    560 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and seven 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lott Avenue or Sackman Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.