Hart Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Hart Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Roosevelt Community Center is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
920 feet · 4 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av · B38
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    920 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av, 640 feet away, for the B38.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av B38
    640 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Hart St 27 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt II development.

Since 2014 at least 51 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    840 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John the Baptist Community Garden
    580 feet
  2. Beattie Square
    590 feet
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    940 feet
  2. Lewis Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hart 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.