Thomas S Boyland Street & Chauncey Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and Chauncey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marion Hopkinson Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Marion St · B7
Within a walk
17 places
12 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,190 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. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J

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/Marion St, 150 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Marion St 19 docks in all
    260 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. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    50 feet
  2. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    590 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food 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 12 places to eat and 14 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 Chauncey 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.