Thomas S Boyland Street & Lott Avenue

Thomas S Boyland Street and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1948, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St · B15, B35
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomas S Boyland Street & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St, 640 feet away, for the B15 and B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hegeman Av/Thomas S Boyland St B15, B35 · Shelter
    640 feet
    B15 B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lott Ave & Rockaway Ave 16 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1930 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 15 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 Lott 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.