Gates Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Gates Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shiloh Garden is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Gates Av, is 100 feet away for the B43, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Tompkins Av/Gates Av · B43
Within a walk
28 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Gates Av, 100 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Gates Av B43
    100 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
56 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 70 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
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

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

West side of Tompkins Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Second Empire, and built in 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    630 feet
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  1. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,280 feet
  4. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shiloh Garden
    330 feet
  2. Feeding Tree Garden
    330 feet
  3. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    390 feet
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  1. Herbert Von King Park
    860 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Playground
    910 feet
  3. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    930 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    680 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.