Bedford Avenue & Avenue J

Bedford Avenue and Avenue J meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 968 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 125 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about ten minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bedford Av/Avenue J · B6, B11
Within a walk
10 places
10 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Avenue J Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Avenue J, 50 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Avenue J B6, B11
    50 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, March 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 125 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Bedford Avenue80
Southbound on Bedford Avenue45
Total125

In 2025, 968 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 789th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 359 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · 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)
Midwood
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1800 and 1803.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue J or Bedford Avenue.

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