Macon Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Macon Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation is 310 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Park Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St · B46, B46 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon 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 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 …

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/Halsey St, 190 feet away, for the B46 and B46 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Halsey St B46, B46 SBS
    190 feet
    B46 B46 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B46 SBS …

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
    320 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
    0.5 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
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
55 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 1896 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 264 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1882 and 1893.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    310 feet
  3. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    860 feet
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  1. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    340 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
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  1. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

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 Macon 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.