Gates Avenue & Patchen Avenue

Gates Avenue and Patchen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gates Harvest Garden is 90 feet away, and Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Gates Av/Patchen Av · B52
Within a walk
37 places
20 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 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
    0.3 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 Gates Av/Patchen Av, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Patchen Av B52 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Patchen Ave 20 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

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

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    970 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    1,000 feet
  3. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    1,140 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    1,140 feet
  4. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gates Harvest Garden
    90 feet
  2. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    320 feet
  3. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Patchen Avenue Garden
    660 feet
  2. Patchen Community Square Garden
    850 feet
  3. Garden of Angels Garden
    940 feet
  4. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Patchen Avenue.

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.