Thomas S Boyland Street & Marion Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and Marion Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. It is 860 feet to 721 Decatur Street Community Garden, and Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Marion St · B7
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    1,060 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Marion St, 140 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 11 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
    20 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
    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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
54 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Marion Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Marion Street

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

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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    50 feet
  2. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. Fish Playground
    1,230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) Garden
    1,230 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,130 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 three places to eat and nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marion 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.