Saratoga Avenue & Newport Street

Saratoga Avenue and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Riverdale Avenue Middle School is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 98 St/Willmohr St · B15
Within a walk
17 places
12 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,110 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Willmohr St, 320 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Willmohr St B15
    320 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Saratoga Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herzl St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newport Street

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

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

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

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    870 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    870 feet
  3. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  2. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Newport Street or Saratoga Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.