Gates Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Gates Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. La Cima Charter School is 270 feet away, and Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av, is 120 feet away for the B52, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av · B52
Within a walk
32 places
17 religious buildings, 8 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Gates Ave 23 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 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

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Cima Charter School
    270 feet
  2. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    270 feet
  3. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    270 feet
Show all 9
  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    730 feet
  3. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet
  4. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    1,270 feet
  5. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    1,270 feet
  6. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    20 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    870 feet
  3. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  4. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    240 feet
  2. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and eight 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Stuyvesant 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.