Bedford Avenue & Clymer Street

Bedford Avenue and Clymer Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,182 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bedford Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Bedford Av/Taylor St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
38 places
15 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Clymer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 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 Bedford Av/Taylor St, 340 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Taylor St B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    340 feet
    B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Taylor St & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, August 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,182 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 673rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 530 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Clymer Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Clymer Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Cohn Square.

  1. Harold W. Cohn Bas-relief by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1991
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 5 schools
  • 3 community centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yakov Dkhal Adas Yereim HS School
    300 feet
  2. Little Giants Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    550 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel School
    620 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly School
    680 feet
  2. Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC School
    680 feet
  3. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  4. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  5. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  6. United Talmudical Academy 75 School
    1,220 feet
  7. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cohn Triangle
    350 feet
  2. Roebling Playground
    410 feet
  3. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bedford Playground
    510 feet
  2. Sobel Playground
    740 feet
  3. Jacob's Ladder Playground
    990 feet
  4. Epiphany Playground
    990 feet
  5. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New England Congregational Church and Rectory Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Independence Towers Community Center
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 114 Taylor Street Older adult center
    550 feet
  3. Taylor-Wythe Community Center
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Williams Plaza Community Center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Clymer Street.

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