Gates Avenue & Throop Avenue

Gates Avenue and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 90 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Co-Op School is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Throop Av, is 40 feet away for the B52, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Gates Av/Throop Av · B52
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Throop Av, 40 feet away, for the B52.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Throop Av B52
    40 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Throop Ave 21 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, September 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 90 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 94 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 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 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-5PM

East side of Throop Avenue

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

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  3. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    490 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  4. Co-Op School
    760 feet
  5. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    900 feet
  2. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    930 feet
  3. Shiloh Garden
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Feeding Tree Garden
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.