Broadway & Saratoga Avenue

Broadway and Saratoga Avenue 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. People's Elementary School is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Broadway/Jefferson Av · Q24
Within a walk
26 places
13 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    790 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Jefferson Av, 50 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Jefferson Av Q24
    50 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Hancock St 35 docks in all
    430 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
73 and 81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 133 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Broadway (east side).

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 337082.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. People's Elementary School
    90 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  3. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umoja Garden
    370 feet
  2. Saratoga Park
    680 feet
  3. Madison Street Community Garden
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    1,220 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saratoga Village Community Center
    540 feet
  2. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    950 feet
  3. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Saratoga Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.