Gates Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

Gates Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. La Cima Charter School is 730 feet away, and Madiba Prep Middle School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
28 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Gates Av · B46
Within a walk
30 places
14 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Gates Av, 110 feet away, for the B46.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Gates Av B46
    110 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Malcolm X Blvd 25 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. La Cima Charter School
    730 feet
  3. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    730 feet
  2. Madiba Prep Middle School
    1,260 feet
  3. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    310 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    660 feet
  3. Gates Harvest Garden
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  2. Garden of Angels Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    210 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 ten places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Malcolm X Boulevard.

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