Thomas S Boyland Street & Riverdale Avenue

Thomas S Boyland Street and Riverdale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It's All About Brownsville is 520 feet away, and Betsy Head Field House is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av · B99
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.3 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
    0.3 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 Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av, 770 feet away, for the B99.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/Rockaway Av B99
    770 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Riverdale Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 15 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 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
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
29 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.

Since 2014 at least 508 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

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

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    700 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    520 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    630 feet
  3. Gethsemane Garden
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Newport Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet
  3. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    980 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    990 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Riverdale Avenue Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 Riverdale 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.