Bedford Avenue & Flushing Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Flushing Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. A bus lane runs along Bedford Avenue, 7am to 10am.

Safety record
36 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bedford Av/Flushing Av · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
50 places
15 religious buildings, 15 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Flushing Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Flushing Av, 40 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Flushing Av B44, B44 SBS
    40 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue and Flushing Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nostrand Ave & Flushing Ave 25 docks in all
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, September 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2000 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

South side of Flushing Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 15 schools
  • 14 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  3. Beth Chana School
    270 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  4. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  5. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    670 feet
  6. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    670 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    670 feet
  8. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    670 feet
  9. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    690 feet
  10. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  11. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    770 feet
  12. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    820 feet
  13. Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron School
    860 feet
  14. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  15. Bnois Spinka School
    920 feet
  16. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    950 feet
  17. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    950 feet
  18. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  19. Uta 128 School
    1,010 feet
  20. Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhoo Preschool
    1,170 feet
  21. Tickle Toes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  22. Uta 125 School
    1,190 feet
  23. Hychel Hatorah School
    1,190 feet
  24. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  25. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    840 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 71k Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 102 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Flushing 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.