Dumont Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Dumont Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stone Avenue Library is 120 feet away, and Our Lady Mercy Church is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, four of them older adult centers, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Dumont Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B14
Within a walk
22 places
4 older adult centers, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    1,160 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dumont Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 60 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dumont Av/Mother Gaston Blvd B14 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Mother Gaston Blvd 18 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1975.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development.

Since 2014 at least 426 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Jacobean Revival, and built between 1913 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 4 older adult centers
  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Dyke Playground
    300 feet
  2. Nehemiah Park
    630 feet
  3. Dr. Green Playground
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Livonia Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    1,200 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library Landmark
    120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    960 feet
  2. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tilden Community Center
    570 feet
  2. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    570 feet
  3. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    810 feet
  2. Van Dyke Community Center
    1,020 feet
  3. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    900 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dumont Avenue or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.