Putnam Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard

Putnam Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Leonards Anglican Church is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Malcolm X Blvd/Putnam Av, is 110 feet away for the B46, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Malcolm X Blvd/Putnam Av · B46
Within a walk
27 places
19 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Malcolm X Blvd/Putnam Av, 110 feet away, for the B46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Malcolm X Blvd/Putnam Av B46
    110 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Malcolm X Blvd 25 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malcolm X Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Putnam Avenue

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

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1901.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patchen Community Square Garden
    820 feet
  2. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Malcolm X Boulevard or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.