Ralph Avenue & Halsey Street

Ralph Avenue and Halsey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Ralph Av/Halsey St · B47
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Halsey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Gates Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Halsey St, 40 feet away, for the B47.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Halsey St B47 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Ralph Ave 20 docks in all
    40 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. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 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 1910.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ralph Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    310 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. Welcome Home Garden
    650 feet
  3. Saratoga Park
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saratoga Park Playground
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 Halsey Street or Ralph 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.