Gates Avenue & Irving Avenue

Gates Avenue and Irving Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them schools, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
840 feet · 3 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Gates Av/Irving Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
9 schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Irving Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    840 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Irving Av, 120 feet away, for the B52.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Irving Av B52
    120 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Irving Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Palmetto St 20 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    160 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,850th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 25 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Irving Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All City Leadership Secondary School
    380 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    850 feet
Show all 14
  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    890 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    890 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    890 feet
  4. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    890 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    990 feet
  6. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  7. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,160 feet
  8. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  9. Bushwick Community High School
    1,220 feet
  10. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,220 feet
  11. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    380 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Irving Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.