Madison Street & Throop Avenue

Madison Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Throop Av/Madison St · B43
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Madison St, 120 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Madison St B43 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Throop Ave 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

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

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    330 feet
  2. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    330 feet
  3. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    1,180 feet
  4. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  5. Co-Op School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    360 feet
  2. Feeding Tree Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Garden of Hope Garden
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Shiloh Garden
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.