MacDonough Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

MacDonough Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Decatur Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

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MacDonough Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    1,300 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St, 30 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St B15 · Shelter
    30 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St 19 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

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
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 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

The corner stands in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 343 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1890.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Chapel Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Victory Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    640 feet
  2. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    660 feet
  3. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Playground
    290 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Garden of Hope Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    740 feet
  3. Macon Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    200 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    490 feet
  3. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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.