Mother Gaston Boulevard & Newport Street

Mother Gaston Boulevard and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nehemiah Park is 620 feet away, and Newport Garden is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av · B99
Within a walk
19 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mother Gaston Boulevard & Newport Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av, 540 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av B99
    540 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Mother Gaston Blvd & Newport St 14 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1985 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Newport Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 184 Newport School
    250 feet
  2. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. Mott Hall IV School
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    860 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  4. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Big Apple Stars Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    50 feet
  2. Abib Newborn Garden
    440 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Nehemiah Park Playground
    800 feet
  2. Newport Playground
    900 feet
  3. Newport Garden
    930 feet
  4. Veterans Triangle
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. United Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mother Gaston Boulevard or Newport Street.

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