Vermont Street & Liberty Avenue

Vermont Street and Liberty Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School is 720 feet away, and J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Atlantic Av/Vermont St · Q24
Within a walk
24 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & Liberty Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    550 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Vermont St, 510 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Vermont St Q24
    510 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Liberty Avenue and Vermont Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradford St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

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

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 7 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 24 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    720 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    1,290 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    1,290 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    1,290 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    800 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Vermont Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.