Thomas S Boyland Street & Newport Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and Newport Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 331 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church is 170 feet away, and Mott Hall IV is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Rockaway Av/Newport St · B60
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    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 Rockaway Av/Newport St, 920 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Newport St B60
    920 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herzl St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

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

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 331 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,412th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 225 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Newport Street

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

South side of Newport Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    810 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,130 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mott Hall IV School
    1,300 feet
  2. P.S. 041 Francis White School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    350 feet
  2. Newport Garden
    840 feet
  3. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Betsy Head Park
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 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 Newport Street or Thomas S Boyland Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.