Mother Gaston Boulevard & Riverdale Avenue

Mother Gaston Boulevard and Riverdale Avenue 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. In 2025, 355 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Lady Mercy Church is 210 feet away, and Stone Avenue Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Riverdale Av · B99
Within a walk
24 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mother Gaston Boulevard & Riverdale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    1,130 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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, 40 feet away, for the B99.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 6 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
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 355 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,387th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 138 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1976 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 145 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 114 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

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

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 184 Newport School
    610 feet
  3. Mott Hall IV School
    1,030 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,030 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal World Creative School
    1,110 feet
  3. Saint Christopher Ottlie Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  4. Sco Family of Services Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  5. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  6. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nehemiah Park
    50 feet
  2. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    50 feet
  3. Nehemiah Park Playground
    230 feet
Show all 7
  1. Newport Playground
    580 feet
  2. Abib Newborn Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Van Dyke Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Powell Street Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tilden Community Center
    860 feet
  2. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    860 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 Riverdale Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.