Ralph Avenue & Monroe Street

Ralph Avenue and Monroe Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
830 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Ralph Av/Gates Av · B47
Within a walk
35 places
16 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Monroe Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    830 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
    0.4 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/Gates Av, 100 feet away, for the B47.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Gates Av B47
    100 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Ralph Ave 20 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 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 Monroe Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Monroe Street

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

East side of Ralph Avenue

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

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1894 and 1901.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    220 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    220 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    220 feet
Show all 12
  1. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
  2. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    340 feet
  3. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    530 feet
  4. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    850 feet
  5. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    980 feet
  6. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  7. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    1,070 feet
  8. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  9. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    640 feet
  2. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    790 feet
  3. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Good Life Garden
    990 feet
  2. Gates Harvest Garden
    1,280 feet
  3. The People's Garden
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Monroe 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.