Gates Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Gates Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Co-Op School is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, is 110 feet away for the B52, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
22 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Gates Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd · B52
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd B52
    110 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
67 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.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-5PM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Co-Op School
    140 feet
  2. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    390 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,010 feet
  4. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,010 feet
  5. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,170 feet
  7. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Marcus Garvey 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.