Broadway & MacDonough Street

Broadway and MacDonough Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Saratoga Library is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Broadway/Schaeffer St · Q24
Within a walk
26 places
13 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & MacDonough Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    690 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    850 feet
    J
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Schaeffer St, 30 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Schaeffer St Q24
    30 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Macon St 21 docks in all
    630 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    610 feet
  2. Moffat Street Community Garden
    810 feet
  3. Moffat Garden
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Evergreen Playground
    880 feet
  2. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    930 feet
  3. Cooper Street Community Garden
    990 feet
  4. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,260 feet
  5. Decatur Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 21 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or MacDonough 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.