Monroe Street & Patchen Avenue

Monroe Street and Patchen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Citizens for a Better Community Garden is 50 feet away, and Bethenia Baptist Church is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Gates Av/Patchen Av · B52
Within a walk
37 places
22 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 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 Gates Av/Patchen Av, 360 feet away, for the B52.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Patchen Av B52 · Shelter
    360 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Patchen Ave 20 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Monroe Street

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

South side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    870 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    870 feet
  3. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    1,140 feet
  2. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    1,240 feet
  3. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
  4. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    190 feet
  3. Gates Harvest Garden
    360 feet
Show all 6
  1. Patchen Community Square Garden
    580 feet
  2. Patchen Avenue Garden
    930 feet
  3. Garden of Angels Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 seven places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 Monroe Street or Patchen 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.