Gateway Drive & Vandalia Avenue
Gateway Drive and Vandalia Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Laurence RC Church is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop is 810 feet away for the B83, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2017 and 2023, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr, 810 feet away, for the B83.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gateway Center Terminal/Gateway Dr B83810 feetB83
Next buses at this stop
- B83 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11239
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2017 and 2023.
Since 2014 at least 469 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern cottonwood.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Spring Creek Park30 feet
Houses of worship
- St Laurence RC Church House of worship1,280 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Jerome Street & Vandalia Avenue 290 feet
- Gateway Drive & Schroeders Avenue 640 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Schenck Avenue 690 feet
- Jerome Street & Schroeders Avenue 710 feet
- Ashford Street & Vandalia Avenue 740 feet
- Schroeders Avenue & Walker Street 960 feet
- Ashford Street & Schroeders Avenue 1,050 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Jerome Street 1,200 feet
See every intersection along Gateway Drive or Vandalia Avenue.