Tompkins Avenue & Stockton Street
Tompkins Avenue and Stockton Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development. The corner is also named Reverend D.W. Batts Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greater Free Gift Baptist Church is 160 feet away, and P.S. 368 is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.
- Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G1,040 feetG
Next trains at this station
Queens
1 line- G …
Southbound
1 line- G …
Also within a walk
- Flushing Av G0.4 milesG
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Martin Luther King Jr Pl, 160 feet away, for the B43.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Tompkins Av/Martin Luther King Jr Pl B43 · Shelter160 feetB43
Next buses at this stop
- B43 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Tompkins Avenue.
- 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Willoughby Ave & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all850 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11206
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 36
- Police precinct
- 79
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Reverend D.W. Batts Boulevard, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development.
Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Reverend D.W. Batts Boulevard.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 23 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Stockton Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
South side of Stockton Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
West side of Tompkins Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.
- 12 religious buildings
- 9 schools
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 5 playgrounds
- 3 gardens
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 368 School310 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 School310 feet
- Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K650 feet
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- United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2670 feet
- kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2670 feet
- P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School730 feet
- Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School730 feet
- Brooklyn Charter School1,110 feet
- P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson School1,110 feet
- Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School1,110 feet
- P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School1,190 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School1,190 feet
- Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,200 feet
- Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,200 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Senior Retreat Garden - Tompkins Houses (NYCHA) Garden270 feet
- Stockton Playground670 feet
- Willoughby Playground750 feet
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- All People's Community Garden810 feet
- Sumner Playground880 feet
- Marcy Playground930 feet
- Charlie's Place Playground1,030 feet
- T&T Vernon Block Community Garden1,170 feet
Houses of worship
- Greater Free Gift Baptist Church House of worship160 feet
- Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship620 feet
- All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship1,290 feet
Community centers and public services
- Tompkins Community Center530 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 230 Fire station820 feet
Supermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Tompkins Avenue & Martin Luther King Jr Place 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue 280 feet
- Park Avenue & Tompkins Avenue 530 feet
- Tompkins Avenue & Vernon Avenue 550 feet
- Marcy Avenue & Stockton Street 800 feet
- Tompkins Avenue & Ellery Street 810 feet
- Willoughby Avenue & Tompkins Avenue 820 feet
- Park Avenue & Delmonico Place 1,020 feet
See every intersection along Stockton Street or Tompkins Avenue.