Vermont Street & Cozine Avenue
Vermont Street and Cozine Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Denise Gary Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Aspire Charter School Middle School is 360 feet away, and Linden Park is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cozine Av/Vermont Av, is 130 feet away for the B6. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and ten places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cozine Av/Vermont Av, 130 feet away, for the B6.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cozine Av/Vermont Av B6130 feetB6
Next buses at this stop
- B6 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cozine Avenue.
- 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
Nearest bike-share station
- Hegeman Ave & Vermont St 14 docks in all0.5 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.
- 12113 Flatlands Avenue Gas station1,080 feet
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 12 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
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
This corner is also named Denise Gary Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,200 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.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Denise Gary Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 51 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Cozine Avenue
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Cozine Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
East side of Vermont Street
- Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Vermont Street
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Achievement First Aspire Charter School Middle School360 feet
- P.S. 306 Ethan Allen School360 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Ethan Allen Playground570 feet
- Linden Park1,240 feet
- Linden Park Playground1,300 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Spring Creek Library810 feet
Houses of worship
- St Laurence RC Church House of worship1,260 feet
Supermarkets
- Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket850 feet
- City Fresh Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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:
- New Jersey Avenue & Cozine Avenue 270 feet
- Pennsylvania Avenue & Cozine Avenue 520 feet
- Vermont Street & Wortman Avenue 570 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Vermont Street 580 feet
- Sheffield Avenue & Cozine Avenue 790 feet
- New Jersey Avenue & Wortman Avenue 840 feet
- Van Siclen Avenue & Cozine Avenue 1,010 feet
- Georgia Avenue & Cozine Avenue 1,050 feet
See every intersection along Cozine Avenue or Vermont Street.