Myrtle Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Myrtle Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vernon and Throop Community Garden is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
34 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Myrtle Av · B15
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Myrtle Av, 40 feet away, for the B15.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Myrtle Av B15
    40 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & Marcus Garvey Blvd 23 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1976.

Since 2014 at least 194 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Brighter Choice Community School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
    1,230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School
    1,230 feet
  2. United Talmudical Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sumner Playground
    670 feet
  2. Love Garden - Sumner Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    710 feet
  3. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lewis Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Tranquility Farm Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 303 Vernon Avenue Community center
    380 feet
  2. Older adult center at 862 Park Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet
  3. Sumner Community Center
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 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 six places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Marcus Garvey Boulevard or Myrtle 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.