East New York Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

East New York Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Playground is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl · B12, B60
Within a walk
28 places
17 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, 940 feet away, for the B12 and B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl B12, B60
    940 feet
    B12 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Mother Gaston Blvd 24 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development.

Since 2014 at least 110 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Christopher Avenue Community School
    1,130 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    130 feet
  2. Howard Playground
    760 feet
  3. Ocean Hill Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. McLeod Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East New York Avenue or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.