Blake Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street

Blake Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries is 170 feet away, and Legacy Leadership High School is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Rockaway Av/Blake Av · B60
Within a walk
29 places
10 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga 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 Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Blake Av, 890 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Blake Av B60
    890 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Blake Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Herzl St 16 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 128 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

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

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • 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 Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    260 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    260 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Amboy Street Garden
    310 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    390 feet
Show all 11
  1. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    710 feet
  3. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    840 feet
  4. P.S. 125 Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. Sunkissed Garden
    1,120 feet
  6. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    1,190 feet
  7. Fantasy Garden
    1,240 feet
  8. ISO Student Farm Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    740 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    870 feet
  3. Brownsville Post Office
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.