Madison Street & Malcolm X Boulevard

Madison Street and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Malcolm X Blvd/Madison St, is 110 feet away for the B46, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Madison St · B46
Within a walk
34 places
21 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Madison St, 110 feet away, for the B46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Madison St B46
    110 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Malcolm X Blvd 25 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Madison Street

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

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

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

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. La Cima Charter School
    1,040 feet
  3. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    1,040 feet
  2. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    850 feet
  2. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    870 feet
  3. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Patchen Community Square Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. Gates Harvest Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Madison Street or Malcolm X Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.