Gates Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Gates Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Rev. Dr. Washington Lundy Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Evening Star Baptist Church is 90 feet away, and Jane Bailey Memorial Garden is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the C and S. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Franklin Av/Gates Av · B48
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Gates Av, 50 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Gates Av B48
    50 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Quincy St 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 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
  • 1 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rev. Dr. Washington Lundy Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rev. Dr. Washington Lundy Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    750 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    290 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    730 feet
  3. Greene Acres Community Garden
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    1,200 feet
  2. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.