Bedford Avenue & Caton Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Caton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Learning Center is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
17 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Bedford Av/Linden Blvd · B49
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Linden Blvd, 270 feet away, for the B49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Linden Blvd B49
    270 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Bedford Ave 22 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    710 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 306 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    730 feet
  3. The David Foster Pre-School Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    870 feet
  3. Flatbush Library
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Bethanie SDA French Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Universal Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Caton Avenue.

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