Bedford Avenue & Avenue X
Bedford Avenue and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named The Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bill Brown Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue X/Bedford Av, is 70 feet away for the BM3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Bedford Av, 70 feet away, for the BM3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue X/Bedford Av BM370 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X and Bedford Avenue.
- 17 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 3 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 48
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
This corner is also named The Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on The Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Bedford Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K230 feet
- Congregation Bnos Yaakov School650 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bill Brown Playground50 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 24th Street & Avenue X 270 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue X 270 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue X 530 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue X 530 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue W 780 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue Y 780 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue X 790 feet
- East 28th Street & Avenue X 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue X or Bedford Avenue.