Ralph Avenue & Macon Street

Ralph Avenue and Macon Street 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. Saratoga Park is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1908, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Macon St · B47
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Macon Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Gates Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

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

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

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
    310 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Macon Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Macon Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    580 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    170 feet
  2. Saratoga Park
    800 feet
  3. Welcome Home Garden
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Saratoga Park Playground
    950 feet
  2. Brevoort Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  3. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 Macon 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.