Van Sinderen Avenue & Newport Street

Van Sinderen Avenue and Newport Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lion's Pride Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them gardens, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av · B15, T426
Within a walk
6 places
4 gardens, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Sinderen Avenue & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    650 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    1,170 feet
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av, 650 feet away, for the B15 and T426.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Van Sinderen Av B15, T426
    650 feet
    B15 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hinsdale St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 130 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newport Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Newport Street

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

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 gardens
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    170 feet
  2. Lion's Pride Playground
    610 feet
  3. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    310 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Newport Street or Van Sinderen 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.