Bergen Street & Thomas S Boyland Street

Bergen Street and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Saint Marks Av · B7
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    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/Saint Marks Av, 240 feet away, for the B7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Saint Marks Av B7
    240 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street and Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 21 docks in all
    380 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. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 113 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • 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 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    320 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    320 feet
  3. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hilltop Playground
    330 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    340 feet
  3. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Farmers Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    630 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.