Myrtle Avenue & Gold Street

Myrtle Avenue and Gold Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Free Congregational Church, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about four minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them schools, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Myrtle Av/Prince St · B54
Within a walk
30 places
7 schools, 6 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Gold Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    970 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    980 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Prince St, 280 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Prince St B54
    280 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 6,300 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 2009 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Gold Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gold Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Flatbush Avenue Extension.

  1. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    30 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    780 feet
Show all 19
  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  4. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,010 feet
  5. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,010 feet
  6. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,040 feet
  7. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  8. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,060 feet
  9. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    1,080 feet
  10. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,110 feet
  11. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    1,110 feet
  12. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  13. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  14. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  15. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  16. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    570 feet
  2. University Place Park
    1,050 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    400 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,060 feet
  3. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,190 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gold Street or Myrtle Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.