Marcy Avenue & Hart Street

Marcy Avenue and Hart Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hart to Hart Community Garden is 360 feet away, and Banneker Playground is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
890 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Marcy Av/Willoughby Av · T403
Within a walk
38 places
15 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Hart Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    890 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/Willoughby Av, 300 feet away, for the T403.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/Willoughby Av T403
    300 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Hart St 20 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hart Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 134 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  3. Brooklyn Charter School
    780 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson School
    780 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School
    780 feet
  3. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  4. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    1,100 feet
  5. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  6. United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  7. kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Gate Garden
    230 feet
  2. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    360 feet
  3. Banneker Playground
    860 feet
Show all 11
  1. American Heart Garden
    590 feet
  2. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    800 feet
  3. Marcy Playground
    870 feet
  4. Willoughby Playground
    1,070 feet
  5. All People's Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  6. Herbert Von King Park
    1,130 feet
  7. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  8. Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    670 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hart Street or Marcy 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.