Nostrand Avenue & Monroe Street

Nostrand Avenue and Monroe 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. The Battalion 57/Engine 235 firehouse is 170 feet away, and Bedford YMCA is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 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, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nostrand Av/Monroe St · B44
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Monroe Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Monroe St, 50 feet away, for the B44.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave 19 docks in all
    700 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. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Monroe Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 123 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cititots Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy High School
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    1,090 feet
  2. Bedford Academy High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    200 feet
  2. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    950 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boys' High School Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    940 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 Monroe 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.