Bedford Avenue & Hewes Street

Bedford Avenue and Hewes Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah is 120 feet away, and Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 63 public places, 35 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Bedford Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
63 places
35 religious buildings, 13 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Hewes Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Hewes St, 150 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Hewes St B44, B44 SBS
    150 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Hewes Street

  • No parking 8 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 63 public places.

  • 35 religious buildings
  • 13 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    120 feet
  3. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
Show all 22
  1. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    490 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    640 feet
  4. Uta 590 School
    660 feet
  5. Uta 128 School
    810 feet
  6. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  7. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  8. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  9. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    960 feet
  10. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    970 feet
  11. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  12. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    1,080 feet
  13. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    1,080 feet
  14. Uta 125 School
    1,140 feet
  15. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet
  16. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  17. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  18. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet
  19. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    730 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 71k Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 211/Ladder 119 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Hewes Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.