Macon Street & Arlington Place

Macon Street and Arlington Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Holiness Church is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Fulton St/Nostrand Av · B25, B44, T440
Within a walk
11 places
8 religious buildings, 1 garden and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Arlington Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    620 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Nostrand Av, 510 feet away, for the B25, B44 and T440.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Nostrand Av B25, B44, T440 · Shelter
    510 feet
    B25 B44 T440
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B44 …
  3. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Nostrand Ave 24 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
58 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 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Arlington Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 239 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1886.

  1. Girls' High School Designated landmark
    530 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    610 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    80 feet
  2. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    490 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Arlington Place or Macon Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.