Bedford Avenue & Broadway

Bedford Avenue and Broadway meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Smith, Gray & Company Building, one of seven Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 280 feet away, and Cohn Triangle is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Broadway/Bedford Av · B32, Q59
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Bedford Av, 100 feet away, for the B32 and Q59.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Bedford Av B32, Q59
    100 feet
    B32 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Berry St 34 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 247 Union Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2017.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2013

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329235 and 333155.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French Second Empire, and built between 1852 and 1906.

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Smith, Gray & Company Building Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. Long Island Business College Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kinder Prep Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  2. Nachas Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. C'E Montessori School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nuestros Ninos Day Care Center III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bedford Playground
    620 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    890 feet
  3. Berry Playground
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Epiphany Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Cohn Triangle
    1,070 feet
  3. Continental Army Plaza
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    340 feet
  2. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Church of Ukrainiane Landmark
    910 feet
  2. First Spanish Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Broadway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.