Bedford Avenue & Halsey Street

Bedford Avenue and Halsey Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Redemption Church of Christ is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Halsey St/Bedford Av · B26
Within a walk
17 places
12 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Halsey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    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
    970 feet
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Bedford Av, 50 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Bedford Av B26 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Bedford Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
63 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 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Bedford Avenue (west side).

East side of Bedford Avenue

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

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10A M-11:30AM

South side of Halsey Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 312142.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 145 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    970 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    970 feet
  3. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,290 feet
  3. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  4. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Halsey 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.