Bedford Avenue & Avenue S

Bedford Avenue and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue R/Bedford Av, is 880 feet away for the B2 and B31, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Bedford Avenue & Avenue S Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/Bedford Av, 880 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue R/Bedford Av B2, B31
    880 feet
    B2 B31

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 in 1834.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

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