Madison Street & Lewis Avenue

Madison Street and Lewis 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. Cornerstone Baptist Church is 90 feet away, and P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Madison St, is 110 feet away for the B15, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lewis Av/Madison St · B15
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Madison St, 110 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Madison St B15
    110 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Madison St 23 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

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

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 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
    1.6 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    870 feet
  2. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    90 feet
  2. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    530 feet
  3. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    130 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lewis 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.