Putnam Avenue & Howard Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Umoja Garden is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Broadway/Madison St · Q24
Within a walk
28 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    1,260 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    0.3 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Madison St, 620 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Madison St Q24
    620 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Madison St 25 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 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 July 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Howard Avenue

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

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    470 feet
  2. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    720 feet
  2. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    750 feet
  3. People's Elementary School
    940 feet
  4. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  5. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    370 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    540 feet
  3. Saratoga Park
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Madison Street Community Garden
    990 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    920 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.