Belmont Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Belmont Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Dwayne “The Pearl” Washington Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Charity Baptist Church is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av · B14
Within a walk
34 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belmont Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av, 120 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Belmont Av B14
    120 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Christopher Ave & Sutter Ave 18 docks in all
    710 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    650 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dwayne “The Pearl” Washington Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dwayne “The Pearl” Washington Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Belmont Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 326635, 328740, 338261 and 339589.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 older adult centers
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    610 feet
  3. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
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  1. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,150 feet
  3. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    1,290 feet
  4. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    270 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    540 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    990 feet
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  1. Powell Playground
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    340 feet
  2. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    560 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    560 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    660 feet
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  1. Langston Hughes Community Center
    1,050 feet
  2. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  3. Howard Community Center
    1,150 feet
  4. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    270 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Belmont Avenue or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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