Broadway & Thomas S Boyland Street

Broadway and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 580 feet to 721 Decatur Street Community Garden. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Broadway & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    370 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,170 feet
    J Z
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

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/Eldert St, 80 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Eldert St Q24
    80 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Macon St 21 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026, 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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 1 sign FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 325035.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. People's Elementary School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    580 feet
  2. Saratoga Park
    900 feet
  3. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet
  2. Moffat Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    760 feet
  2. Saratoga Village Community Center
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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