Jefferson Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Jefferson Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Mary Church of Christ is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1910, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Jefferson Av · B15
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 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/Jefferson Av, 120 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Jefferson Av B15 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St 19 docks in all
    760 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1899 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

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

South side of Jefferson Avenue

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

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 38 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1886.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Co-Op School
    1,120 feet
  2. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    590 feet
  2. Garden of Hope Garden
    830 feet
  3. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jefferson Avenue 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.