Halsey Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Halsey Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Convent of Our Lady of Victory stands 670 feet away, and Our Lady of Victory Chapel stands 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Halsey St · B15
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Halsey St, 50 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Halsey St B15 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St 19 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
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
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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1886 and 1901.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 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 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 254 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1872 and 1888.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School Designated landmark
    650 feet
  2. Convent of Our Lady of Victory Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. Our Lady of Victory Chapel Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    1,190 feet
  3. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    660 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    720 feet
  3. Decatur Playground
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library
    1,060 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket 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 31 places to eat and 15 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 Marcus Garvey 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.