Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Van Buren Street

Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Van Buren Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Talmud Torah D'Nitra is 820 feet away, and Co-Op School is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lafayette Av, is 170 feet away for the B15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lafayette Av · B15
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lafayette Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lafayette Av B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Throop Ave 19 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
50 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.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

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

North side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    680 feet
  2. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    820 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Co-Op School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    680 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    280 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marcus Garvey Boulevard or Van Buren Street.

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.