Greene Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Greene Avenue and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Max Roach Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hattie Carthan Community Garden is 310 feet away, and Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Lafayette Av/Marcy Av · B38
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand 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. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Marcy Av, 630 feet away, for the B38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Marcy Av B38 · Shelter
    630 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Lafayette Ave 23 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

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
48 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Max Roach Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Max Roach Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Greene Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and built between 1880 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    50 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Banneker Playground
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    820 feet
  2. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  4. Hattie Carthan Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    940 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    310 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    790 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 Greene Avenue or Marcy Avenue.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.