Atlantic Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 61 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church is 810 feet away, and Breevort Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
61 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Franklin Av/Atlantic Av · B48, B49
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    760 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    970 feet
    A C
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Atlantic Av, 150 feet away, for the B48 and B49.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Atlantic Av B48, B49
    150 feet
    B48 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lefferts Pl & Franklin Ave 25 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 61 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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, March 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2020
  • Turn calming, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77 and 79 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 109 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1895.

  1. 23rd Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,120 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    900 feet
  2. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. John Hancock Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    970 feet
  2. Bedford Library
    1,080 feet
  3. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Franklin 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.