Halsey Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Halsey Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St · B46, B46 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St, 110 feet away, for the B46 and B46 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St B46, B46 SBS
    110 feet
    B46 B46 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B46 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Malcolm X Blvd 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 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 June 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 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 1910.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 187 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1897.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    570 feet
  3. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    610 feet
  2. Welcome Home Garden
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Halsey Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.