Shepherd Avenue & Cozine Avenue

Shepherd Avenue and Cozine Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Essex St, is 840 feet away for the B84, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Cozine Avenue. Within 820 feet are eight homes.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Flatlands Av/Essex St · B84
Within a walk
8 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Shepherd Avenue & Cozine Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Essex St, 840 feet away, for the B84.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/Essex St B84
    840 feet
    B84

Next buses at this stop

  1. B84 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cozine Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are eight homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 2008.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cozine Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Cozine Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Within a walk

How places are listed

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Gateway Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cozine Avenue or Shepherd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Finance, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.