Madison Street & Howard Avenue

Madison Street and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Madison Harvest Community Garden is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/Madison St · Q24
Within a walk
32 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    990 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Madison St, 350 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Madison St Q24
    350 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Madison St 25 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    190 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    450 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    480 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. People's Elementary School
    1,050 feet
  4. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    1,070 feet
  5. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    1,070 feet
  6. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    1,090 feet
  7. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  8. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    300 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    480 feet
  3. Madison Street Community Garden
    720 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Saratoga Park
    1,130 feet
  3. Saratoga Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    650 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Madison Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.