Bedford Avenue & Clarendon Road

Bedford Avenue and Clarendon Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
26 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd · B49
Within a walk
18 places
13 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Clarendon Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd, 120 feet away, for the B49.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Clarendon Rd B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue and Clarendon Road.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1092 Rogers Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 56 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Generation Elementary School
    1,190 feet
  2. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    600 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Clarendon Road.

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.