Macon Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Macon Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Mrs. Clara Hayes Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Victory Parochial School stands 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St · B15
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Macdonough St, 260 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St 19 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
52 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Mrs. Clara Hayes Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1886 and 1904.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mrs. Clara Hayes Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Macon Street

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

South side of Macon Street

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

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 331 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1891.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    650 feet
  2. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    930 feet
  3. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Decatur Playground
    550 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    820 feet
  3. Garden of Hope Garden
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library
    930 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 14 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 Marcus Garvey 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.