Decatur Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Decatur Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 34 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Decatur St · B46
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    1,240 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. 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/Decatur St, 120 feet away, for the B46.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Decatur St B46
    120 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDonough St & Malcolm X Blvd 20 docks in all
    340 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
    0.4 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 34 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1896 and 1921.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 262 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1896.

  1. Holy Rosary School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    630 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Community Parents School
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    510 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    590 feet
  3. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fulton Park Plaza Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Rosary RC Church Landmark
    700 feet
  2. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    970 feet
  3. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur Street or Malcolm X Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.