Macon Street & Throop Avenue

Macon Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Victory Church Rectory stands 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
780 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Throop Av/Macdonough St · B43
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    780 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Macdonough St, 180 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Macdonough St B43
    180 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

  • 13 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
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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 (East)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1905.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 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 September 2016 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 Throop Avenue

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

West side of Throop Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 291 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1876 and 1890.

  1. Our Lady of Victory Church Rectory Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    210 feet
  3. Convent of Our Lady of Victory Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    430 feet
  2. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    650 feet
  2. Potomac Playground
    840 feet
  3. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. First AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. Bethany Baptist Church Landmark
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macon Street or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.