Lafayette Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lafayette Playground is 140 feet away, and Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Lafayette Av · B46
Within a walk
24 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    980 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z
  2. Gates Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Lafayette Av, 40 feet away, for the B46.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Lafayette Av B46
    40 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave 24 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

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

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Madiba Prep Middle School
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    360 feet
  3. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    820 feet
  2. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lafayette Playground
    140 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    340 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Garden of Angels Garden
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Malcolm X 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.