Sutter Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Sutter Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park is 150 feet away, and Uncommon Brownsville South CMS is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Sutter Av · B14
Within a walk
30 places
10 religious buildings, 4 older adult centers and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Sutter Av, 130 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Sutter Av B14
    130 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sutter Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Christopher Ave & Sutter Ave 18 docks in all
    310 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 2,000 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 1953 and 1954.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318638 and 326724.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 older adult centers
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    680 feet
  2. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    820 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Green Playground
    70 feet
  2. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    150 feet
  3. ISO Student Farm Garden
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    670 feet
  2. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stone Avenue Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    750 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    900 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Van Dyke Community Center
    1,020 feet
  2. Seth Low Community Center
    1,030 feet
  3. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet
  4. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    740 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 20 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 Mother Gaston Boulevard or Sutter Avenue.

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.