Atlantic Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street

Atlantic Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School is 890 feet away, and Ocean Hill Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Atlantic Av · B7
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    690 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Atlantic Av, 110 feet away, for the B7.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Atlantic Av B7
    110 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Thomas S. Boyland St 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
100 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-8AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 5 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 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    890 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    1,040 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    1,050 feet
  3. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hilltop Playground
    340 feet
  2. Fish Playground
    650 feet
  3. Ocean Hill Playground
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    930 feet
  2. Phoenix Community Garden
    940 feet
  3. Marge Matthews Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. 45 Somers Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Thomas S Boyland 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.