Monroe Street & Franklin Avenue

Monroe Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Sinai Baptist Church is 490 feet away, and Greene Acres Community Garden is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Franklin Av/Gates Av · B48
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Gates Av, 320 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Gates Av B48
    320 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Quincy St 23 docks in all
    580 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. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Monroe Street

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

South side of Monroe Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    840 feet
  2. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    460 feet
  2. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    560 feet
  3. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greene Acres Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    1,180 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    490 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Monroe Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.