Bedford Avenue & Farragut Road

Bedford Avenue and Farragut Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 118 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
32 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Flatbush Av/Rogers Av · B41
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Farragut Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Rogers Av, 730 feet away, for the B41.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Rogers Av B41
    730 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 118 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1933.

Since 2014 at least 133 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Farragut Road

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

South side of Farragut Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    110 feet
  2. Midwood Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,050 feet
  3. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  4. Midwood High School
    1,270 feet
  5. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    700 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Farragut Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, 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.