Saratoga Avenue & MacDonough Street

Saratoga Avenue and MacDonough Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Journey Church of Brooklyn is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Saratoga Av/Macdonough St · B7
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & MacDonough Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    1,130 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Macdonough St, 70 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Macdonough St B7
    70 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Decatur St & Saratoga Ave 21 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of MacDonough Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of MacDonough Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Saratoga Square Park.

  1. Saratoga Park Memorial Sculpture by James S.J. Novelli and Anatoly Mikhailov, 1921
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    700 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. People's Elementary School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saratoga Park
    320 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    910 feet
  3. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saratoga Village Community Center
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along MacDonough Street or Saratoga Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.