Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Vernon Avenue

Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Vernon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lewis Playground is 820 feet away, and Sumner Community Center is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
33 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Myrtle Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd · B54
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Vernon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd, 290 feet away, for the B54.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Marcus Garvey Blvd B54 · Shelter
    290 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pulaski St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 19 docks in all
    880 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1976.

Since 2014 at least 194 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 4 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 Vernon Avenue

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

South side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-NOON

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brighter Choice Community School
    730 feet
  2. United Talmudical Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Uta 656 School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Lewis Playground
    820 feet
  3. Tranquility Farm Garden
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    940 feet
  2. Sumner Playground
    940 feet
  3. Love Garden - Sumner Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet
  4. Pulaski Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 303 Vernon Avenue Community center
    330 feet
  2. Older adult center at 862 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  3. Sumner Community Center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marcus Garvey Boulevard or Vernon Avenue.

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