Madison Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Madison Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,342 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Raymond Bush Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marcus Garvey Blvd/Madison St, is 120 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Madison St · B15
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Madison St, 120 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Madison St B15
    120 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,342 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 609th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 833 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
63 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 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Co-Op School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    770 feet
  3. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    930 feet
  2. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    50 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 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 Marcus Garvey Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.