Albany Avenue & Decatur Street

Albany Avenue and Decatur Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School stands 480 feet away, and Brooklyn Brownstone School is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
780 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Fulton St/Marcus Garvey Blvd · B25
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Decatur Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    780 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Marcus Garvey Blvd, 490 feet away, for the B25.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Marcus Garvey Blvd B25 · Shelter
    490 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albany Ave & Fulton St 27 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 167 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 330 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1889.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Chapel Designated landmark
    490 feet
  3. Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  2. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    980 feet
  3. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Playground
    520 feet
  2. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    850 feet

Health care

  1. Interfaith Medical Center Hospital
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Decatur Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.