Avenue R & Stuart Street
Avenue R and Stuart Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Madison Jewish Center is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue R/Stuart St, is 50 feet away for the B2, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/Stuart St, 50 feet away, for the B2.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue R/Stuart St B250 feetB2
Next buses at this stop
- B2 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue R
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- J.H.S. 278 Marine Park School1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park1,000 feet
- PS 278 Playground1,120 feet
Houses of worship
- Madison Jewish Center House of worship1,100 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue R & Burnett Street 260 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue R at Haring Street 280 feet
- Avenue R & Madison Place 520 feet
- Avenue R & Haring Street 560 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue R 610 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Brown Street 770 feet
- Quentin Road & Stuart Street 780 feet
- Fillmore Avenue & Stuart Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Avenue R or Stuart Street.