Ralph Avenue & Madison Street

Ralph Avenue and Madison Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC is 320 feet away, and Yeshiva D'Nitra is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Madison St · B47
Within a walk
35 places
15 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    1,100 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J
  2. Halsey St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Ralph Ave 20 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 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 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
48 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.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    320 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    320 feet
  3. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    440 feet
Show all 12
  1. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    490 feet
  2. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    610 feet
  4. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    940 feet
  5. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  6. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    1,010 feet
  7. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  8. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    1,120 feet
  9. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    370 feet
  2. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Umoja Garden
    1,230 feet
  3. Patchen Community Square Garden
    1,230 feet
  4. Good Life Garden
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Madison 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.