Bedford Avenue & Erasmus Street

Bedford Avenue and Erasmus Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. The corner is also named John H. Bunyan Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Universal Church is 90 feet away, and Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bedford Av/Church Av · B49
Within a walk
27 places
15 religious buildings, 9 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Erasmus Street 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 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Church Av B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lott St & Erasmus St 19 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

This corner is also named John H. Bunyan Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green Vase' zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John H. Bunyan Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Erasmus Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Erasmus Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1786 and 1906.

  1. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Flatbush Town Hall Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. Erasmus Hall Academy Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Norma Adams Clemons Academy School
    300 feet
  2. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    370 feet
  3. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    370 feet
Show all 10
  1. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    370 feet
  2. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    370 feet
  3. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    370 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Flatbush School
    880 feet
  5. M.S. 246 Walt Whitman School
    1,090 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School Ditmas Park Middle School
    1,090 feet
  7. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lott Park
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. The Universal Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    370 feet
  3. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    560 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    930 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Erasmus Street.

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 Records, 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.