Madison Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Madison Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av, is 660 feet away for the B52, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av · B52
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av B52
    660 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Gates Ave 23 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2022, 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Sixteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1899.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. La Cima Charter School
    590 feet
  2. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    590 feet
  3. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,270 feet
  4. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    610 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Madison Street or Stuyvesant 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.