Schenck Avenue & New Lots Avenue

Schenck Avenue and New Lots Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner is also named African Burial Ground Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Reformed Church is 110 feet away, and Victory Garden B5 is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
New Lots Av/Schenck Av · B15
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenck Avenue & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    950 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,120 feet
    3
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Schenck Av, 90 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Schenck Av B15
    90 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue and Schenck Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named African Burial Ground Square, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on African Burial Ground Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

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

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Schenck Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Schenck Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal (late), and built between 1823 and 1824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    140 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    200 feet
  3. Sankofa Park Playground
    300 feet
Show all 6
  1. Commitment Garden
    440 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    700 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    850 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    140 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo 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 11 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Lots Avenue or Schenck Avenue.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.