Quincy Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Quincy Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Talmud Torah D'Nitra is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lexington Av, is 170 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lexington Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Quincy Street & Marcus Garvey Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lexington Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcus Garvey Blvd/Lexington Av B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Marcus Garvey Blvd 20 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

West side of Marcus Garvey Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    120 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Co-Op School
    410 feet
Show all 10
  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,170 feet
  3. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,170 feet
  4. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  5. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  6. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    1,280 feet
  7. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Raymond Bush Playground
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    720 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    390 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Marcus Garvey Boulevard or Quincy Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.