Mother Gaston Boulevard & Lott Avenue

Mother Gaston Boulevard and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Veterans Triangle is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
New Lots Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B15
Within a walk
17 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mother Gaston Boulevard & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 560 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Mother Gaston Blvd B15
    560 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Mother Gaston Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Lott Ave 15 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 630 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

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

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 184 Newport School
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Triangle
    560 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    620 feet
  3. Brownsville Playground
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Abib Newborn Garden
    830 feet
  2. Green Valley Garden
    830 feet
  3. A Patch of Inspiration Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Osborn Playground
    1,100 feet
  5. Nehemiah Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Recreation Center
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,100 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six 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 Lott 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.