Thomas S Boyland Street & Bainbridge Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and Bainbridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
920 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Bainbridge St · B7
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomas S Boyland Street & Bainbridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    920 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
    1,290 feet
    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 Thomas S Boyland St/Bainbridge St, 90 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Bainbridge St B7
    90 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Marion St 19 docks in all
    530 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1910.

Since 2014 at least 136 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Bainbridge Street

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

South side of Bainbridge Street

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

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    790 feet
  2. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    320 feet
  2. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    320 feet
  3. Moffat Street Community Garden
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Moffat Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 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 Bainbridge Street 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.