Bedford Avenue & Avenue W
Bedford Avenue and Avenue W meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Galapo Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue X/Bedford Av, is 800 feet away for the BM3, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Bedford Av, 800 feet away, for the BM3.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue X/Bedford Av BM3800 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Avenue W and Bedford Avenue.
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
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)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,200 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 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bill Brown Playground830 feet
- Galapo Playground930 feet
Houses of worship
- Nachlath Zion Jewish Center House of worship1,240 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 26th Street & Avenue W 270 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue W 270 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue W 530 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue W 530 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue X 780 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue W 790 feet
- East 28th Street & Avenue W 790 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue V 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or Bedford Avenue.