Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

The western half of Bedford-Stuyvesant reaches east from Classon Avenue, on the Clinton Hill line, between Flushing Avenue and Atlantic Avenue.

  • 1.32 square miles
  • 89,189 residents, 2020 Census
  • 191 street corners
  • 6 subway stations
  • 14 bus routes

Its name recalls Bedford, a hamlet approved under Dutch rule in 1663 and named for the English market town, but most of its buildings went up on speculation for the city's growing middle class between about 1870 and 1920. Notable sites include the Alhambra and Renaissance apartment houses of 1889–92, Girls' High School of 1885–86, Boys' High School of 1891–92 and Herbert Von King Park, acquired in 1857 as one of the City of Brooklyn's first parks.

Sources: Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Bedford-Stuyvesant - Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate (Historic Districts Council); Herbert Von King Park (NYC Parks).

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Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) borders four areas, and Marcy Avenue and Tompkins Avenue hold more of its corners than any other street, 27 each of 191.

Street map of Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn, outlined among Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Clinton Hill, Crown Heights (North) and South Williamsburg, with its six subway stations and Herbert Von King Park.South WilliamsburgBedford-Stuyvesant (East)Crown Heights (North)Clinton Hill
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  • Park
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Myrtle-Willoughby Avs lines G
  • Bedford-Nostrand Avs lines G
  • Classon Av lines G
  • Franklin Av lines C S accessible
  • Nostrand Av lines A C
  • Kingston-Throop Avs lines C

Getting around

Six subway stations and buses on 14 routes stop in or at the edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

  • 6 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 14 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B25
  • B26
  • B38
  • B43
  • B44
  • B44-SBS
  • B48
  • B49
  • B52
  • B54
  • B57
  • B93
  • T403
  • T440

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 4,264 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 22.3 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 2 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 128 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
113
Accessible pedestrian signals
47
Turn calming
33
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
4
Safety Improvement Projects
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 2,327 red-light camera tickets at four corners
  • 12,499 school-zone speed camera tickets at 17 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Lafayette Avenue & Marcy Avenue, 2,092
Most speed tickets
Bedford Avenue & Gates Avenue, 2,724

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 89,189 residents in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), about 67,600 per square mile.

  • 35,840 homes, 2020 Census
  • 8,615 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 6,629 residential lots hold buildings from 1905 or earlier, and 80% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA developments

NYCHA's Lafayette, Marcy and Tompkins developments lie wholly or partly within Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
26.3 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Herbert Von King Park (8 acres), Marcy Playground (3.2 acres) and Star Spangled Playground (1.7 acres)
Designated landmark
Saint George's Protestant Episcopal Church
Historic districts
Bedford and Willoughby-Hart, wholly or partly within Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)

Streets and trees

Trees
5,595 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, London planetree and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Marcy Avenue, with 27 of the area's 191
Height above sea level
From 10 feet at Marcy Avenue & Hopkins Street to 78 feet at Atlantic Avenue & Franklin Avenue
Honorary street names
9 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 43 schools and three libraries in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

Public schools
17
Charter and private schools
26
Libraries
Bedford Library, Bedford Library Learning Center and Marcy Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 33 bike-share stations stand in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

  • 33 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 994 major felonies at places in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)

  • 951 major felonies in 2024
  • 4,412 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), the NYPD recorded another 194 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 13.3 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West).

Police precincts
79th (most of the area), 88th
Major felonies recorded at places in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 414 major felonies at places in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), against 453 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.