Monroe Street & Lewis Avenue

Monroe Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Mary Church of Christ is 430 feet away, and the Engine 214/Ladder 111 firehouse is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Madison St, is 180 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Lewis Av/Madison St · B15
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Madison St, 180 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Madison St B15
    180 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Madison St 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Co-Op School
    1,130 feet
  2. La Cima Charter School
    1,140 feet
  3. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    1,140 feet
  4. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    400 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lewis 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.