Halsey Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Halsey Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 950 feet to 462 Halsey Community Farm. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1888 and 1901, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av · B26
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.3 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 Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av, 110 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av B26
    110 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Stuyvesant Ave 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1901.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Halsey Street

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

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 421 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    780 feet
  2. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    600 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    490 feet
  2. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    790 feet
  3. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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