Monroe Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Monroe Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av, is 390 feet away for the B52, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av, 390 feet away, for the B52.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av B52
    390 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Gates Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 13 crashes at this corner, more 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 December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 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
60 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.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Cima Charter School
    320 feet
  2. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    320 feet
  3. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    320 feet
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  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,000 feet
  3. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    880 feet
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  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,240 feet
  4. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    240 feet
  2. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    1,070 feet
  3. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Stuyvesant 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.