Vermont Street & Riverdale Avenue

Vermont Street and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
New Lots Av/Vermont St · B15, B83
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,080 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
    0.3 miles
    3

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, 450 feet away, for the B15 and B83.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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
    870 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
    0.4 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 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
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente School
    610 feet
  3. New Grace Education Center School
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    870 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Legacy School of the Arts School
    1,190 feet
  4. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 Riverdale 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.