Dekalb Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
De Kalb Av/Marcy Av · B38
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Marcy Av, 110 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Marcy Av B38
    110 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Hart St 20 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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, July 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 (West)
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 66 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1884 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    810 feet
  3. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Banneker Playground
    320 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    590 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Red Gate Garden
    760 feet
  2. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. American Heart Garden
    980 feet
  4. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    860 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    140 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Marcy 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.