Macon Street & Tompkins Avenue

Macon Street and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Potomac Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Tompkins Av/Halsey St · B43
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Macon Street & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    1,260 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

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

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Halsey St B43 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Tompkins Ave 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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 (West)
Elevation
51 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 1899 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Macon Street

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

South side of Macon Street

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

East side of Tompkins Avenue

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

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 174 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1886 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K140 School
    670 feet
  2. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    670 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Potomac Playground
    50 feet
  2. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    520 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    210 feet
  2. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    340 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macon Street or Tompkins 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.