Bergen Street & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Bergen Street and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ocean Hill Playground is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy · B60
Within a walk
24 places
16 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic 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. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy, 870 feet away, for the B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy B60
    870 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street and Mother Gaston Boulevard.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Mother Gaston Blvd 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
59 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.

Since 2014 at least 195 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Christopher Avenue Community School
    1,190 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    320 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    910 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. McLeod Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    770 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and ten 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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