Liberty Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Liberty Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McLeod Community Garden is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B14
Within a walk
26 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 1,040 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd B14 · Shelter
    1,040 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Liberty Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Glenmore Ave 16 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Howard development.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Christopher Avenue Community School
    650 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    650 feet
  3. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    250 feet
  2. Howard Playground
    280 feet
  3. McLeod Community Garden
    620 feet
Show all 5
  1. Houston Playground
    900 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    950 feet
  2. Howard Community Center
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.