Marcy Avenue & MacDonough Street

Marcy Avenue and MacDonough Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Marcy Avenue Plaza is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1892 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Fulton St/New York Av · B25, B44
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & MacDonough Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,110 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/New York Av, 370 feet away, for the B25 and B44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/New York Av B25, B44
    370 feet
    B25 B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. MacDonough St & Marcy Ave 22 docks in all
    50 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. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1892 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 175 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    450 feet
  3. P.S. K140 School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    890 feet
  4. Restoration Academy School
    890 feet
  5. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Potomac Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    760 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Siloam Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    170 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDonough Street or Marcy 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.