Howard Avenue & MacDougal Street

Howard Avenue and MacDougal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Fulton St/Howard Av · B25
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Howard Avenue & MacDougal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    620 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Howard Av, 260 feet away, for the B25.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Howard Av B25
    260 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Chauncey St & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of MacDougal Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    960 feet
  2. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  3. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carver Playground
    490 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    670 feet
  3. Weeksville Playground
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Saratoga Farm Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Brevoort Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Marge Matthews Garden
    1,200 feet
  4. South Pacific Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Howard Avenue or MacDougal Street.

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