Dekalb Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Dekalb Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 217 firehouse is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, De Kalb Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, is 20 feet away for the B38, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
De Kalb Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd · B38
Within a walk
18 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, 20 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd B38
    20 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pulaski St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 19 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Brighter Choice Community School
    570 feet
  2. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    270 feet
  2. Pulaski Playground
    570 feet
  3. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Marcus Garvey 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.