Dekalb Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

Dekalb Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Madiba Prep Middle School is 910 feet away, and P.S. 026 Jesse Owens is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/De Kalb Av · B46, B46 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    950 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z
  2. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/De Kalb Av, 40 feet away, for the B46 and B46 SBS.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/De Kalb Av B46, B46 SBS
    40 feet
    B46 B46 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B46 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Malcolm X Blvd & DeKalb Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
53 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.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    830 feet
  2. Madiba Prep Middle School
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    1,120 feet
  2. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lafayette Playground
    540 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    880 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dekalb Library
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    1,270 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Malcolm X Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.