Vermont Street & Livonia Avenue

Vermont Street and Livonia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Duke Park is 800 feet away, and St John Cantius RC Church is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & Livonia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    510 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    1,080 feet
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Pennsylvania Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av, 720 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Livonia Av B20, B83
    720 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Wyona St 14 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 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
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Livonia Avenue

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

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Vermont Street

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

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 8 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 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Grace Education Center School
    260 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    420 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    740 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    1,150 feet
  4. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    1,190 feet
  5. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  6. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    660 feet
  2. Duke Park
    800 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    900 feet
  2. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,220 feet
  4. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Temple House of David House of worship
    790 feet
  2. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia 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.