Hart Street & Throop Avenue

Hart Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Pulaski Playground is 230 feet away, and St Philips Christian Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Throop Av/Hart St · B43
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Hart St, 100 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Hart St B43
    100 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pulaski St & Throop Ave 19 docks in all
    310 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. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 656 School
    250 feet
  2. United Talmudical Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    300 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brighter Choice Community School
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulaski Playground
    230 feet
  2. Tranquility Farm Garden
    310 feet
  3. Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) Garden
    450 feet
Show all 10
  1. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. All People's Community Garden
    980 feet
  4. American Heart Garden
    1,060 feet
  5. Willoughby Playground
    1,110 feet
  6. Sumner Playground
    1,150 feet
  7. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hart Street or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.