Marcy Avenue & Macon Street

Marcy Avenue and Macon Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Halsey St/Marcy Av · B26
Within a walk
22 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marcy Avenue & Macon Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,130 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
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Marcy Av, 310 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Marcy Av B26
    310 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

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
    260 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
    0.4 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

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
49 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1888 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 288 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1890.

  1. Girls' High School Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K140 School
    400 feet
  2. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    400 feet
  3. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    720 feet
  2. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  4. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    1,160 feet
  5. Restoration Academy School
    1,160 feet
  6. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Potomac Playground
    780 feet
  2. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    610 feet
  3. Siloam Presbyterian Church Landmark
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    910 feet
  2. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    1,030 feet
  3. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Macon 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.