Madison Street & Classon Avenue

Madison Street and Classon Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Putnam Av/Classon Av · B26
Within a walk
34 places
17 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Classon Av, 300 feet away, for the B26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Classon Av B26
    300 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Classon Ave 19 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 63 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1877.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    250 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    760 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    870 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 12
  1. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    1,130 feet
  4. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    1,130 feet
  5. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  7. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,300 feet
  8. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,300 feet
  9. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    50 feet
  2. Crispus Attucks Playground
    780 feet
  3. Madison Hill Community Garden
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    530 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Madison Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.