Broadway & Aberdeen Street

Broadway and Aberdeen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Thomas Boyland Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St
780 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/Aberdeen St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Aberdeen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    780 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Aberdeen St, 110 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Aberdeen St B20, Q24
    110 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Furman Ave 29 docks in all
    260 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 3 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 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Aberdeen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Aberdeen Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Broadway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    190 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  3. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    50 feet
  2. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    410 feet
  3. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Granite Street Community Garden
    680 feet
  2. Rudd Playground
    830 feet
  3. Aberdeen Street Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  4. Contented Hart Garden
    1,250 feet
  5. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    870 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    610 feet

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Aberdeen Street or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.