Mother Gaston Boulevard & Sumpter Street

Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sumpter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 73 stands 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Broadway/Granite St · B20, Q24
Within a walk
24 places
8 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mother Gaston Boulevard & Sumpter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,140 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Granite St, 220 feet away, for the B20 and Q24.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Granite St B20, Q24
    220 feet
    B20 Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Furman Ave 29 docks in all
    700 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
84 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 112 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

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

North side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1888 and 1895.

  1. Public School 73 Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    740 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    920 feet
  3. Imagine Me Leadership Charter School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Thomas Boyland Park
    310 feet
  2. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    560 feet
  3. Granite Street Community Garden
    760 feet
Show all 9
  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    970 feet
  2. Contented Hart Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. Moffat Garden
    1,120 feet
  4. Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) Garden
    1,220 feet
  5. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    1,290 feet
  6. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    490 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Mother Gaston Boulevard or Sumpter 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.