Madison Street & Ridgewood Place

Madison Street and Ridgewood Place meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them schools, and 21 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
930 feet · 4 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Wyckoff Av/Madison St · B26
Within a walk
17 places
6 schools, 3 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Ridgewood Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    930 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wyckoff Av/Madison St, 770 feet away, for the B26.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wyckoff Av/Madison St B26
    770 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Wyckoff Ave 24 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Ridgewood Place

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    610 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    610 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
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  1. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    610 feet
  2. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    610 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    1,150 feet
  4. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,260 feet
  5. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  6. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  7. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    700 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    1,200 feet
  2. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Madison Street or Ridgewood Place.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.