Myrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development. The corner is also named Bishop Marvin D. Williams, Sr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Willoughby Playground is 480 feet away, and All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places and seven places to eat.

Safety record
31 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
760 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Myrtle Av/Tompkins Av · B54
Within a walk
42 places
14 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    760 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
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Tompkins Av, 120 feet away, for the B54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Tompkins Av B54 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

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
36 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bishop Marvin D. Williams, Sr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development.

Since 2014 at least 116 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bishop Marvin D. Williams, Sr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 9AM-4PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 7 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    400 feet
  2. kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 368 School
    580 feet
Show all 13
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 School
    580 feet
  2. Brooklyn Charter School
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson School
    830 feet
  4. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School
    830 feet
  5. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  6. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    930 feet
  7. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  8. P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School
    1,000 feet
  9. Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School
    1,000 feet
  10. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Retreat Garden - Tompkins Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    130 feet
  2. Willoughby Playground
    480 feet
  3. All People's Community Garden
    540 feet
Show all 13
  1. Marcy Playground
    850 feet
  2. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Stockton Playground
    940 feet
  4. American Heart Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) Garden
    1,090 feet
  6. Sumner Playground
    1,090 feet
  7. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  8. Tranquility Farm Garden
    1,190 feet
  9. Charlie's Place Playground
    1,300 feet
  10. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Free Gift Baptist Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Community Center
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 230 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 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 Myrtle Avenue or Tompkins 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.