Van Siclen Avenue & New Lots Avenue

Van Siclen Avenue and New Lots Avenue meet at a five-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 680 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Fresh Farm is 590 feet away, and New Lots Library is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
New Lots Av/Van Siclen Av · B99
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Siclen Avenue & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    530 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
    0.4 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, 30 feet away, for the B99.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on New Lots Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & New Lots Ave 18 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 680 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 998th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 382 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 23 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Farm Garden
    590 feet
  2. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    640 feet
  3. Sankofa Park
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Commitment Garden
    790 feet
  2. Sankofa Park Playground
    840 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Lots Avenue, Riverdale Avenue or Van Siclen Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.