Ralph Avenue & Marion Street

Ralph Avenue and Marion Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brevoort Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
510 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Ralph Av/Chauncey St · B47
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Marion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    510 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Chauncey St, 160 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Chauncey St B47 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ralph Ave & Fulton St 25 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

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
49 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 corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Marion Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Marion Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    320 feet
  3. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brevoort Playground
    50 feet
  2. Carver Playground
    400 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brevoort Community Center
    490 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet
  3. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marion 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.