Willoughby Avenue & Marcy Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Marcy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Gate Garden is 50 feet away, and P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 13 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
17 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
620 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Marcy Av/Willoughby Av · T403
Within a walk
34 places
13 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Marcy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    620 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marcy Av/Willoughby Av, 30 feet away, for the T403.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marcy Av/Willoughby Av T403
    30 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Marcy Ave & Hart St 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
34 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 67 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Marcy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 131 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1888.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 schools
  • 2 swimming pools

Schools and child care

  1. Central UTA - Marcy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    420 feet
  2. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Charter School
    510 feet
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  1. P.S. 023 Carter G. Woodson School
    510 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Marcy School
    510 feet
  3. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  4. United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  5. kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  6. Bais Yakov of Dkhal Adas Yereim School
    1,080 feet
  7. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Gate Garden
    50 feet
  2. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    530 feet
  3. Marcy Playground
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    630 feet
  2. Willoughby Playground
    790 feet
  3. All People's Community Garden
    840 feet
  4. American Heart Garden
    860 feet
  5. Banneker Playground
    1,130 feet
  6. Stockton Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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