Gates Avenue & Bushwick Avenue

Gates Avenue and Bushwick Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ridgewood Masonic Temple, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
22 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Gates Av/Bushwick Av · B52
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Bushwick Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    990 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Bushwick Av, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Bushwick Av B52
    110 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Linden St 29 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 102 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1896.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field School
    1,140 feet
Show all 9
  1. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,110 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    1,160 feet
  5. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    1,240 feet
  6. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    620 feet
  2. Good Life Garden
    910 feet
  3. Madison Street Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Restoration Worship Temple House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    410 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    750 feet
  3. Salvation Army Brooklyn Bushwick Corps Community Center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    730 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Gates Avenue.

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