Decatur Street & Throop Avenue

Decatur Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Victory Chapel stands 430 feet away, and Garden of Hope is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
240 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Throop Av/Fulton St · B43
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    240 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
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Fulton St, 180 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Fulton St B43
    180 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

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

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 289 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1879 and 1890.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Chapel Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Our Lady of Victory Church Rectory Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    430 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    520 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Playground
    840 feet
  3. Decatur Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    740 feet
  2. First AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur Street or Throop Avenue.

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.