Broadway & Monroe Street

Broadway and Monroe Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Umoja Garden is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Broadway/Madison St · Q24
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Monroe Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    750 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
    0.3 miles
    J
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Madison St, 320 feet away, for the Q24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Madison St 25 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1896.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    220 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    260 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    630 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    840 feet
  4. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  5. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    840 feet
  6. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    1,020 feet
  7. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    1,020 feet
  8. People's Elementary School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umoja Garden
    540 feet
  2. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    630 feet
  3. Madison Street Community Garden
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Good Life Garden
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    410 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Monroe 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.