Decatur Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Decatur Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bethany Baptist Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St · B15
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    1,030 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St, 300 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St B15 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albany Ave & Fulton St 27 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 275 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 334 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1889.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Chapel Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Victory Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    730 feet
  2. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    730 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Playground
    270 feet
  2. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Fulton Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    110 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    360 feet
  3. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 Marcus Garvey Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.