Macon Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Macon Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church is 520 feet away, and Fulton Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av · B26
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Stuyvesant 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 six 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 Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av, 360 feet away, for the B26.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av B26
    360 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Stuyvesant Ave 19 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 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
    1,270 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1885 and 1899.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 551 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1892.

  1. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House & Sun. School Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary School Landmark
    730 feet
  3. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    330 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Fulton Park
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    520 feet
  2. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    760 feet
  3. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and nine 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 Macon Street or Stuyvesant Avenue.

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.