Bedford Avenue & Gates Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,724 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bedford Academy High School is 150 feet away, and Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bedford Av/Gates Av · B44 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
15 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Gates Av, 110 feet away, for the B44 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Gates Av B44 SBS
    110 feet
    B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,724 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 324th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,176 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    150 feet
  2. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    890 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    990 feet
  3. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. John Hancock Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Gates Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.