Broadway & Gates Avenue

Broadway and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 55 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Ridgewood Masonic Temple stands 560 feet away, and the People's Garden is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
55 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
370 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Broadway/Gates Av · Q24, T430, T433
Within a walk
33 places
13 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    370 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Gates Av, 110 feet away, for the Q24, T430 and T433.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Gates Av Q24, T430, T433
    110 feet
    Q24 T430 T433

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T430 …
  3. T433 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grove St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 55 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 63 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
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334092 and 340825.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 34 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1896.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    460 feet
  2. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    590 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    460 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    640 feet
  4. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    930 feet
  5. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    960 feet
  6. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  7. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    1,020 feet
  8. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    1,020 feet
  9. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Life Garden
    860 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    920 feet
  3. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Madison Street Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  2. The People's Garden
    1,260 feet
  3. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    680 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    70 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Gates Avenue.

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