Broadway & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Broadway and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Granite Street Community Garden is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Broadway/Granite St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    880 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. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Granite St, 20 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    830 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    160 feet
  2. Granite Street Community Garden
    510 feet
  3. Moffat Street Community Garden
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    830 feet
  2. Contented Hart Garden
    860 feet
  3. Moffat Garden
    860 feet
  4. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    1,050 feet
  5. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,110 feet
  6. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    230 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.