Ralph Avenue & MacDonough Street

Ralph Avenue and MacDonough Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church is 740 feet away, and Welcome Home Garden is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Macdonough St · B47
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & MacDonough Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Macdonough St, 110 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Macdonough St B47
    110 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Ralph Ave 20 docks in all
    580 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1908.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    850 feet
  3. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 5
  1. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    970 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    440 feet
  2. Brevoort Playground
    910 feet
  3. Saratoga Park
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Welcome Home Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    1,220 feet
  3. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 MacDonough 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.