Rockaway Avenue & Bainbridge Street

Rockaway Avenue and Bainbridge Street meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cooper Street Community Garden is 520 feet away, and Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
180 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Rockaway Av/Broadway · B60, T430, T433
Within a walk
29 places
14 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Avenue & Bainbridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    180 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. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J
  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 Rockaway Av/Broadway, 120 feet away, for the B60, T430 and T433.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Broadway B60, T430, T433
    120 feet
    B60 T430 T433

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …
  2. T430 …
  3. T433 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Ave & Bainbridge St 25 docks in all
    40 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 138 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Moffat Garden
    340 feet
  3. Cooper Street Community Garden
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    520 feet
  2. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    680 feet
  3. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    990 feet
  4. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  5. Evergreen Playground
    1,220 feet
  6. Thomas Boyland Park
    1,220 feet
  7. Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Episcopal Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bainbridge Street or Rockaway 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.