Saratoga Avenue & MacDougal Street

Saratoga Avenue and MacDougal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,534 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Eagle Academy for Young Men II is 830 feet away, and P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Saratoga Av/Fulton St · B7
Within a walk
24 places
15 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & MacDougal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    1,160 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Fulton St, 360 feet away, for the B7.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Fulton St B7
    360 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Saratoga Ave 19 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,534 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 541st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 979 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 7 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    830 feet
  2. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saratoga Farm Garden
    310 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    370 feet
  3. Marge Matthews Garden
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fish Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Carver Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  3. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDougal Street or Saratoga Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.