Mother Gaston Boulevard & Somers Street

Mother Gaston Boulevard and Somers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street is 600 feet away, and 45 Somers Street Community Garden is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Fulton St/Eastern Pkwy · B25
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mother Gaston Boulevard & Somers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    870 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.3 miles
    A C J L Z
  2. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Eastern Pkwy, 570 feet away, for the B25.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Eastern Pkwy B25
    570 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Somers St & Rockaway Ave 20 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Somers Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Somers Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Me Leadership Charter School
    290 feet
  2. P.S./ I.S. 155 Nicholas Herkimer School
    1,140 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    1,190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    1,240 feet
  3. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    480 feet
  2. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    600 feet
  3. Phoenix Community Garden
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. 45 Somers Street Community Garden
    930 feet
  2. Thomas Boyland Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Pentecostal Church House of worship
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mother Gaston Boulevard or Somers Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.