Myrtle Avenue & Gates Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. St Brigids RC Church is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 64 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
380 feet · 1 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Myrtle Av/Gates Av · B54
Within a walk
20 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    380 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Gates Av, 120 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Gates Av B54
    120 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Gates Ave 36 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    500 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FRIDAY-SUNDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All City Leadership Secondary School
    840 feet
  2. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 11
  1. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    980 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    980 feet
  4. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,040 feet
  5. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  6. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  7. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,260 feet
  8. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    330 feet
  2. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    200 feet
  2. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

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