Thomas S Boyland Street & Sumpter Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and Sumpter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Matthew FBH Church is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them gardens, and three places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Macdougal St · B7
Within a walk
16 places
6 gardens, 6 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    790 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
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Macdougal St, 170 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Marion St 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 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
    1.1 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sumpter Street

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

South side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 gardens
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (Bees) School
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    320 feet
  2. Fish Playground
    960 feet
  3. Hull Street Community Garden (NYRP) Garden
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Phoenix Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  4. Saratoga Farm Garden
    1,180 feet
  5. 45 Somers Street Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sumpter Street 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.