Throop Avenue & Van Buren Street

Throop Avenue and Van Buren Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Throop Av/Greene Av, is 180 feet away for the B43, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Throop Av/Greene Av · B43
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Greene Av, 180 feet away, for the B43.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Greene Av B43
    180 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Throop Ave 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-4PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-4PM

North side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    930 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  3. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    390 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    830 feet
  3. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    950 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    360 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 Throop Avenue or Van Buren Street.

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.