Bedford Avenue & Brevoort Place

Bedford Avenue and Brevoort Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Redemption Church of Christ is 380 feet away, and Westbrook Memorial Garden is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
90 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Fulton St/Bedford Av · B25
Within a walk
22 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Brevoort Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    90 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    860 feet
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Bedford Av, 240 feet away, for the B25.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Bedford Av B25
    240 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Bedford Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brevoort Pl & Bedford Ave 24 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Brevoort Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Brevoort Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 98 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1886.

  1. 23rd Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  2. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    760 feet
  2. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    990 feet
  3. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    1,190 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,190 feet
  3. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    720 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,090 feet
  2. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Brevoort Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.