Strauss Street & Lott Avenue

Strauss Street and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1948, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
E 98 St/Lott Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Strauss Street & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    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/Lott Av, 300 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Lott Av B15 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Church Ave 21 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
22 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 1930 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 168 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Lott Avenue

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

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Strauss Street

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

West side of Strauss Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    680 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,160 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 22 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lott Avenue or Strauss Street.

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.