Van Siclen Avenue & Livonia Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and Livonia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fresh Farm is 270 feet away, and Pilgrim Union Church of God is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av · B99
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & Livonia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    70 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av, 590 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av B99
    590 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal (late), and built between 1823 and 1824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    730 feet
  2. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Grace Education Center School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Farm Garden
    270 feet
  2. Commitment Garden
    300 feet
  3. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    380 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sankofa Park
    550 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    580 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    590 feet
  4. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    810 feet
  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    860 feet
  6. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    1,060 feet
  7. CAUSA Festival Garden
    1,060 feet
  8. Big Red Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    900 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.