MacDonough Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

MacDonough Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. El Shabazz Playground is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1893 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Decatur St · B46
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
MacDonough Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Decatur St, 390 feet away, for the B46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Decatur St B46
    390 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDonough St & Malcolm X Blvd 20 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1893 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of MacDonough Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 303 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1895.

  1. Holy Rosary School Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    360 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,130 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Community Parents School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    240 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    860 feet
  3. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Holy Rosary RC Church Landmark
    960 feet
  3. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along MacDonough Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.