Lafayette Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,092 red-light and 608 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Banneker Playground is 50 feet away, and Red Gate Garden is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
980 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lafayette Av/Marcy Av · B38
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    980 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

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

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Marcy Av B38 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Lafayette Ave 23 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, July 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,092 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 91st most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,097 more were issued.

In 2025, 608 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,067th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 276 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 140 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcy Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and built between 1880 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    50 feet
  2. Banneker Playground
    50 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    50 feet
Show all 5
  1. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    560 feet
  2. Red Gate Garden
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    430 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    500 feet
  3. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Marcy Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.