Blake Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Blake Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brownsville development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 161 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Dr. Green Playground is 310 feet away, and Van Dyke Community Center is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Blake Av · B14
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Blake Av, 70 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Blake Av B14 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Blake Ave 16 docks in all
    810 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 161 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,679th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 51 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 2,800 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 1975.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brownsville development.

Since 2014 at least 288 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Jacobean Revival, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Green Playground
    310 feet
  2. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    720 feet
  3. Van Dyke Playground
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 125 Playground
    950 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library Landmark
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    880 feet
  2. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    180 feet
  2. Van Dyke Community Center
    460 feet
  3. Tilden Community Center
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,300 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.