Gates Avenue & Irving Place

Gates Avenue and Irving Place meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Gates Av/Classon Av · B52
Within a walk
27 places
16 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Irving Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Classon Av, 310 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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
    610 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
68 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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Irving Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Irving Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 134 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1875.

  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 27 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    320 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    610 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,030 feet
  4. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    580 feet
  2. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cedar Tree Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    80 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 eight places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Irving Place.

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.