Myrtle Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marcy Playground is 50 feet away, and Marcy Community Center is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
34 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
80 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Myrtle Av/Marcy Av · B54
Within a walk
36 places
10 religious buildings, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    80 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Marcy Av, 30 feet away, for the B54.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Marcy Av B54
    30 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Marcy Ave 23 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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 (West)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 9AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 57 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1873 and 1884.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers

Schools and child care

  1. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    130 feet
  2. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School
    140 feet
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  1. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  2. United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    400 feet
  3. kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    400 feet
  4. Brooklyn Charter School
    770 feet
  5. P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson School
    770 feet
  6. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  7. Our Children-The Leaders of Tomorrow Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  8. Adaptive Solutions - Myrtle Ave School
    870 feet
  9. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,000 feet
  10. P.S. 368 School
    1,010 feet
  11. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 School
    1,010 feet
  12. P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School
    1,180 feet
  13. Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School
    1,180 feet
  14. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcy Playground
    50 feet
  2. Red Gate Garden
    590 feet
  3. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Stockton Playground
    660 feet
  2. Senior Retreat Garden - Tompkins Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    930 feet
  3. Willoughby Playground
    930 feet
  4. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Free Gift Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcy Community Center
    1,200 feet
  2. Community center at Marcy Community center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    950 feet

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 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Marcy Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.