Madison Street & Patchen Avenue

Madison Street and Patchen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground is 50 feet away, and Patchen Avenue Garden is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Gates Av/Patchen Av · B52
Within a walk
29 places
20 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    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. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 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 Gates Av/Patchen Av, 630 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Patchen Av B52 · Shelter
    630 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Patchen Ave 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 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
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    890 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    50 feet
  2. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    130 feet
  3. Patchen Community Square Garden
    310 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gates Harvest Garden
    630 feet
  2. Patchen Avenue Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Welcome Home Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Patchen 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.