Bedford Avenue & Dean Street

Bedford Avenue and Dean Street meet at a six-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Ulysses Simpson Grant” is 120 feet away, and Ulysses S Grant Statue is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Dean St/Bedford Av · B49, B65
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Dean Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,250 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
    0.4 miles
    C S
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Bedford Av, 70 feet away, for the B49 and B65.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Bedford Av B49, B65 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B49 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Bedford Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue and Dean Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Bergen St 24 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 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 May 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 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 97 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 70 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1892.

  1. The Union League Club Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. 23rd Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    560 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Ulysses Simpson Grant Statue by William Ordway Partridge, 1896
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Gore Park
    190 feet
  2. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    290 feet
  3. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    660 feet
  2. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    120 feet
  2. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    430 feet
Show all 5
  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    140 feet
  2. Breevort Post Office
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue, Dean Street or Rogers Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.