Van Siclen Avenue & Arlington Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and Arlington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av · Q56, T430, T434
Within a walk
13 places
9 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & Arlington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    720 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av, 400 feet away, for the Q56, T430 and T434.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Van Siclen Av Q56, T430, T434
    400 feet
    Q56 T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …
  2. T430 …
  3. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Arlington Ave 14 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arlington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Arlington Avenue

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

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 290 Juan Morel Campos School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    580 feet
  3. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arlington Avenue or Van Siclen 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.