Marcy Avenue & Kosciuszko Street

Marcy Avenue and Kosciuszko Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hattie Carthan Community Garden is 310 feet away, and P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Lafayette Av/Marcy Av · B38
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Kosciuszko Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    1,170 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Marcy Av, 380 feet away, for the B38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Marcy Av B38 · Shelter
    380 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Lafayette Ave 23 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    530 feet
  2. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    530 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Banneker Playground
    50 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    310 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    310 feet
Show all 7
  1. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    830 feet
  2. Red Gate Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. American Heart Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    180 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    320 feet
  3. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Kosciuszko 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.