Willoughby Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John the Baptist RC Church is 540 feet away, and Eleanor Roosevelt Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Broadway/Myrtle Av · T432
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    650 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Myrtle Av, 420 feet away, for the T432.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Myrtle Av T432
    420 feet
    T432

Next buses at this stop

  1. T432 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Hart St 27 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    1,100 feet
  3. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John the Baptist Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Beattie Square
    320 feet
  3. Lewis Playground
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. Freedom Triangle
    1,070 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Miraflores Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  4. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Stuyvesant Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.