Monroe Street & Howard Avenue

Monroe Street and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Broadway/Madison St · Q24
Within a walk
29 places
12 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    730 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Madison St, 380 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Madison St Q24
    380 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Madison St 25 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 25 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1885 and 1896.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    230 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    320 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    570 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    810 feet
  3. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  4. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    810 feet
  5. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  6. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    960 feet
  7. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    960 feet
  8. People's Elementary School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    560 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    600 feet
  3. Madison Street Community Garden
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Good Life Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    380 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Monroe Street.

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.