Washington Avenue & Gates Avenue

Washington Avenue and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brown Memorial Baptist Church is 160 feet away, and Gates Avenue Plaza is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
540 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Fulton St/Washington Av · B25, B26, T440
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    540 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Washington Av, 600 feet away, for the B25, B26 and T440.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Washington Av B25, B26, T440
    600 feet
    B25 B26 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 91 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cambridge Pl & Gates Ave 18 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 510 Waverly Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Washington Avenue

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

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 381 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1865 and 1879.

  1. Royal Castle Apartments Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School · landmark
    560 feet
  3. Shining Smiles Daycare I Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
    1,090 feet
  4. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  5. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hollenback Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Greene Playground
    820 feet
  3. Gateway Triangle
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brown Memorial Baptist Church Landmark
    160 feet
  2. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. St Luke St Mathew Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.