East New York Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street

East New York Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Garvey (Group A) development. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The sculpture “Face to Face” is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, is 340 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
23 places
15 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 340 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy B7
    340 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Thomas S. Boyland St 23 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 Garvey (Group A) development.

Since 2014 at least 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    880 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    250 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    550 feet
  3. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 East New York Avenue 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.