Bedford Avenue & Avenue Z
Bedford Avenue and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jerzee Triangle is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue Z/Bedford Av, is 110 feet away for the B36, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/Bedford Av, 110 feet away, for the B36.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue Z/Bedford Av B36110 feetB36
Next buses at this stop
- B36 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.
- 3 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 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, July 2016
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
- 8 feet above sea level
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 1965.
Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva of Kings Bay School480 feet
- Yeshivat Mekor Haim School480 feet
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 51,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jerzee Triangle730 feet
- Bill Brown Playground830 feet
- Sheepshead Playground1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship760 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.4 miles
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.5 miles
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.
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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 26th Street & Avenue Z 270 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue Z 270 feet
- Avenue Z & Jerome Avenue 350 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue Z 530 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue Z 530 feet
- East 23rd Street & Jerome Avenue 770 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue Y 780 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue Z 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Z or Bedford Avenue.