St Marks Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street

St Marks Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brown development. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Saint Marks Av · B7
Within a walk
24 places
14 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 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/Saint Marks Av, 100 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Saint Marks Av B7
    100 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Marks Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brown development.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Avenue

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

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    650 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hilltop Playground
    660 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    670 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Marks Avenue or Thomas S Boyland Street.

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