Bedford Avenue & Avenue D

Bedford Avenue and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ditmas Park Care Center is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1933, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Bedford Av/Avenue D · B49
Within a walk
15 places
10 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Avenue D, 130 feet away, for the B49.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Avenue D B49
    130 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    460 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Turn calming, May 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1933.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue D

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue D

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Bedford Avenue

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

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 56 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    350 feet
  3. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D or Bedford 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.