Vermont Street & New Lots Avenue

Vermont Street and New Lots Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheffield Garden is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New Lots Av/Vermont St · B15, B83
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & New Lots Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. New Lots 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 New Lots Av/Vermont St, 110 feet away, for the B15 and B83.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Vermont St B15, B83 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B15 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on New Lots Avenue.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Vermont St 14 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of New Lots Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 213 New Lots School
    1,100 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,140 feet
  3. New Grace Education Center School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Georgia Avenue Community Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Sheffield Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New Lots Avenue or Vermont Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.