Macon Street & Lewis Avenue

Macon Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Macon Library is 110 feet away, and Gospel Temple Church of God is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Lewis Av/Macdonough St · B15
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    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 Lewis Av/Macdonough St, 180 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Macdonough St B15
    180 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Lewis Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1885 and 1899.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 441 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1891.

  1. Embury Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House & Sun. School Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    630 feet
  2. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    630 feet
  3. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    190 feet
  2. Decatur Playground
    750 feet
  3. Fulton Park
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. El Shabazz Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    110 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    540 feet
  2. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Landmark
    630 feet
  3. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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