Van Siclen Avenue & Cozine Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and Cozine Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Siclen Av/Cozine Av, is 30 feet away for the BM5, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Van Siclen Av/Cozine Av · BM5
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & Cozine Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Siclen Av/Cozine Av, 30 feet away, for the BM5.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av/Cozine Av BM5
    30 feet
    BM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cozine Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Linden Blvd 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1963.

Since 2014 at least 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cozine Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cozine Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Creek Park
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Laurence RC Church House of worship
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cozine Avenue or Van Siclen 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.