Nostrand Avenue & Madison Street

Nostrand Avenue and Madison Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stars of Hope Community Garden is 60 feet away, and Brooklyn Academy High School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Nostrand Av/Monroe St · B44
Within a walk
24 places
12 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Monroe St, 320 feet away, for the B44.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Monroe St B44
    320 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave 19 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 206 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1886.

  1. Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Boys' High School Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Academy High School
    820 feet
  2. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    820 feet
  3. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    60 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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