Myrtle Avenue & Skillman Street

Myrtle Avenue and Skillman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Myrtle Av/Franklin Av · B54
Within a walk
23 places
8 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Skillman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Franklin Av, 170 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Skillman Street

  • Other rule 6 signs PARKING PERMITTED MONDAY & THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM ONLY
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED MONDAY & THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM ONLY

West side of Skillman Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 8 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 School
    670 feet
  3. Tickle Toes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 11
  1. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    720 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Hamaspik School (The) School
    850 feet
  4. Yeshiva of Kasho School
    930 feet
  5. Bnos Chayil School
    1,040 feet
  6. Bnos Square of Williamsburg School
    1,090 feet
  7. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    1,200 feet
  8. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    400 feet
  2. Star Spangled Playground
    970 feet
  3. Taaffe Playground
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 102 Fire station
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade 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 14 places to eat and 19 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Skillman Street.

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.