Williams Avenue & Riverdale Avenue

Williams Avenue and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Richard Akbar Salahuddin Drive by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lion's Pride Playground is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Livonia 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, five of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Livonia Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
New Lots Av/Williams Av · B15
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Williams Avenue & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Seasons” (2007) by Philemona Williamson at the Livonia Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Williams Av, 920 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Williams Av B15
    920 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Williams Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Williams Ave 16 docks in all
    610 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. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
27 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Richard Akbar Salahuddin Drive, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

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.

Since 2014 at least 455 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Richard Akbar Salahuddin Drive.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

East side of Williams Avenue

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

West side of Williams Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  3. Legacy School of the Arts School
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 190 Sheffield School
    970 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Unv. Settlement School
    1,100 feet
  3. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    1,180 feet
  4. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lion's Pride Playground
    560 feet
  2. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    610 feet
  3. Hands & Heart (New Lots Urban Farm) Garden
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Positive Seeds of Life Garden
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and nine 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 Riverdale Avenue or Williams Avenue.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.