Monroe Street & Throop Avenue

Monroe Street and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Throop Av/Madison St · B43
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Street & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Madison St, 170 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Madison St B43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Throop Ave 21 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
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 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Monroe Street

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

East side of Throop Avenue

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

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    210 feet
  2. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    210 feet
  3. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. Co-Op School
    1,030 feet
  5. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    630 feet
  2. Feeding Tree Garden
    860 feet
  3. Shiloh Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 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 Monroe Street or Throop Avenue.

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.