Gates Avenue & Classon Avenue

Gates Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Sinai Baptist Church is 430 feet away, and Cedar Tree Garden is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Gates Av/Classon Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Classon Av, 40 feet away, for the B52.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Classon Av B52 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Classon Ave 19 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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
  • 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, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 55 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1877.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    590 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    770 feet
  3. Little Sun People Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    480 feet
  2. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    750 feet
  3. Cedar Tree Garden
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Gates Avenue.

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