Greene Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

Greene Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens is 450 feet away, and Janes United Methodist Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Greene Av · B46
Within a walk
31 places
17 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

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/Greene Av, 100 feet away, for the B46.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Greene Av B46
    100 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave 24 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 10 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Madiba Prep Middle School
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    450 feet
  3. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    1,280 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    1,280 feet
  2. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    1,280 feet
  3. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    120 feet
  2. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    520 feet
  3. Jesse Owens Playground
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden of Angels Garden
    590 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    680 feet
  3. Patchen Avenue Garden
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Greene Avenue or Malcolm X 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.