Lafayette Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Lafayette Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Philips Christian Church is 790 feet away, and Brighter Choice Community School is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, is 110 feet away for the B38, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lafayette Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd · B38
Within a walk
18 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, 110 feet away, for the B38.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd B38
    110 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pulaski St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 19 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • 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
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    400 feet
  2. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    1,090 feet
  3. Brighter Choice Community School
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    410 feet
  2. Pulaski Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    790 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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