Sheffield Avenue & Riverdale Avenue

Sheffield Avenue and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Legacy School of the Arts is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
19 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sheffield Avenue & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    820 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av, 330 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Riverdale Av B20, B83
    330 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & New Lots Ave 16 docks in all
    920 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. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 237 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Legacy School of the Arts School
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    380 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    640 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  4. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  5. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    940 feet
  6. New Grace Education Center School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    870 feet
  3. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sheffield Garden
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    840 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 19 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Riverdale Avenue or Sheffield Avenue.

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