Throop Avenue & Pulaski Street

Throop Avenue and Pulaski Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uta 656 is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Throop Av/De Kalb Av, is 190 feet away for the B43, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Throop Av/De Kalb Av · B43
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Pulaski Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/De Kalb Av, 190 feet away, for the B43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/De Kalb Av B43
    190 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pulaski St & Throop Ave 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pulaski Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Pulaski Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Uta 656 School
    520 feet
  3. United Talmudical Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brighter Choice Community School
    800 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pulaski Playground
    500 feet
  2. Tranquility Farm Garden
    580 feet
  3. Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) Garden
    720 feet
Show all 9
  1. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    730 feet
  2. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    790 feet
  3. American Heart Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. All People's Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  6. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    890 feet
  3. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pulaski Street or Throop Avenue.

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