Bedford Avenue & Avenue I

Bedford Avenue and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 453 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Vyelipol is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bedford Av/Avenue I · B6, B11
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Avenue I, 60 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Avenue I B6, B11
    60 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue I and Bedford Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 453 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,241st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 386 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 6 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308610 and 309694.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Vyelipol School
    780 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Child Care Services Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue I or Bedford Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.