Thomas S Boyland Street & MacDonough Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and MacDonough Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marion Hopkinson Playground is 860 feet away, and Evergreen Playground is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Macdonough St · B7
Within a walk
18 places
10 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    750 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    1,100 feet
    J Z
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Macdonough St, 70 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Macon St 21 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDonough Street

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

South side of MacDonough Street

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    210 feet
  2. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    860 feet
  3. Saratoga Park
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Moffat Street Community Garden
    1,210 feet
  2. Moffat Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. Evergreen Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDonough Street or Thomas S Boyland Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.