Park Place & Thomas S Boyland Street

Park Place and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fred McLeod Community Garden is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
25 places
14 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 120 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy B7
    120 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Thomas S. Boyland St 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 489 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    900 feet
  2. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    1,300 feet
  3. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Chester Playground
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hilltop Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    460 feet
  2. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    640 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Place or Thomas S Boyland Street.

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