Vermont Street & Belmont Avenue

Vermont Street and Belmont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Sutter Av/Vermont St · B14
Within a walk
23 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & Belmont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Vermont St, 550 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Vermont St B14
    550 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Pitkin Ave 11 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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 (North)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    380 feet
  2. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    380 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    380 feet
Show all 6
  1. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    730 feet
  3. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    40 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    770 feet
  3. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Belmont Avenue or Vermont Street.

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.