Madison Street & Marcy Avenue

Madison Street and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School is 190 feet away, and Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Gates Av/Marcy Av · B52
Within a walk
27 places
14 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Marcy Av, 660 feet away, for the B52.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Marcy Av B52 · Shelter
    660 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Gates Ave 21 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Madison Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 313 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1887.

  1. Boys' High School Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. Saint George's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    190 feet
  2. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy High School
    390 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    390 feet
  2. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hattie Carthan Playground
    210 feet
  2. Shiloh Garden
    880 feet
  3. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Feeding Tree Garden
    1,000 feet

Health care

  1. Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    260 feet
  3. Siloam Presbyterian Church Landmark
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Madison Street or Marcy Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.