Gates Avenue & Grand Avenue

Gates Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX) development. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Urban Assembly Unison School is 630 feet away, and Hollenback Community Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Gates Av/Classon Av · B52
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Classon Av, 840 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cambridge Pl & Gates Ave 18 docks in all
    290 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX) development.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 360 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1865 and 1877.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    630 feet
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  1. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    630 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    690 feet
  4. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  5. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    1,110 feet
  2. Hollenback Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Grand Avenue.

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