Gates Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue

Gates Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff Community Center is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 64 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
160 feet · 1 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Wyckoff Av/Gates Av · L90
Within a walk
18 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    160 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Gates Av, 30 feet away, for the L90.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Gates Av L90
    30 feet
    L90

Next buses at this stop

  1. L90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Gates Ave 36 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    730 feet
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Wyckoff Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301545, 310827 and 443738.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    880 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    890 feet
  4. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    890 feet
  5. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,030 feet
  6. All City Leadership Secondary School
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    110 feet
  2. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    90 feet
  2. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    60 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Wyckoff 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.