Chauncey Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Chauncey Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jackie Robinson Park Playground is 50 feet away, and Kids-Centric, Inc Community Parents is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Bainbridge St · B46
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chauncey Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    700 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Bainbridge St, 390 feet away, for the B46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Bainbridge St B46
    390 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Malcolm X Boulevard carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Chauncey St & Malcolm X Blvd 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1898.

  1. Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Holy Rosary School Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Community Parents School
    500 feet
  2. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks School
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,180 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School
    1,180 feet
  3. Boys and Girls High School
    1,280 feet
  4. Nelson Mandela High School
    1,280 feet
  5. Research and Service High School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    50 feet
  2. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    820 feet
  3. Fulton Park
    870 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    970 feet
  2. Seasons of Vision Garden
    970 feet
  3. El Shabazz Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Robert Fulton Statue in Fulton Park Park feature
    1,220 feet
  6. A Better Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fulton Park Plaza Listed historic place
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Rosary RC Church Landmark
    390 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chauncey Street or Malcolm X Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.