Bedford Avenue & Avenue Y
Bedford Avenue and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 112 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshivat Mekor Haim is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue X/Bedford Av, is 850 feet away for the BM3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Bedford Av, 850 feet away, for the BM3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue X/Bedford Av BM3850 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.
- 7 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 112 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,736th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 72 more were issued.
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
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 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 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
- Yeshiva of Kings Bay School1,110 feet
- Yeshivat Mekor Haim School1,110 feet
Show all 4
- Congregation Bnos Yaakov School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bill Brown Playground50 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.3 miles
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.3 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 26th Street & Avenue Y 270 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue Y 270 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue Y 530 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue Y 530 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue Z 780 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue X 780 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue Y 790 feet
- East 28th Street & Avenue Y 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Y or Bedford Avenue.