Nostrand Avenue & Myrtle Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Myrtle Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 63 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marcy Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
40 hurt
63 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
890 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Myrtle Av/Nostrand Av · B54
Within a walk
26 places
8 day care or pre-K sites, 8 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Myrtle Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    890 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nostrand Ave & Myrtle 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 63 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 40 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1962.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 62 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1882 and 1884.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Our Children-The Leaders of Tomorrow Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions - Myrtle Ave School
    160 feet
Show all 15
  1. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Bais Yakov of Dkhal Adas Yereim School
    540 feet
  3. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  4. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar Girls Annex School
    800 feet
  5. Central Uta School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  6. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Girls School
    890 feet
  7. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    990 feet
  8. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    990 feet
  9. Yeshiva of Kasho School
    1,010 feet
  10. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  11. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  12. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcy Playground
    50 feet
  2. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Marcy Community center
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue 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, 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.