Madison Street & Tompkins Avenue

Madison Street and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy of Arts and Letters is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about ten minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Tompkins Av/Putnam Av · B43
Within a walk
28 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Putnam Av, 390 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Putnam Av B43
    390 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all
    330 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, September 2017
  • Turn calming, July 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

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

South side of Madison Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

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

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 111 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1882 and 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    390 feet
  2. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    990 feet
  3. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,120 feet
  3. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,120 feet
  4. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Brooklyn Academy High School
    1,190 feet
  6. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Feeding Tree Garden
    230 feet
  2. Shiloh Garden
    480 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Playground
    650 feet
Show all 7
  1. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    930 feet
  2. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Potomac Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Raymond Bush Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boys' High School Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    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 30 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Tompkins 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.