Bedford Avenue & Heyward Street

Bedford Avenue and Heyward Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mosdos Chasidei Square is 270 feet away, and TT Skver Williamsburg is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 56 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Lynch St/Bedford Av · B48
Within a walk
56 places
19 religious buildings, 16 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Heyward Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lynch St/Bedford Av, 390 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lynch St/Bedford Av B48
    390 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1,090 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and August 2021, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Heyward Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Heyward Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY 9AM-3PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1888 and 1889.

  1. Public School 71K Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 16 day care or pre-K sites
  • 15 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    270 feet
  2. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    270 feet
  3. Uta 128 School
    320 feet
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  1. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    480 feet
  4. Uta 125 School
    510 feet
  5. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    530 feet
  6. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  7. Beth Chana School
    590 feet
  8. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    620 feet
  9. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    620 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    620 feet
  11. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    660 feet
  12. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  13. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  14. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    700 feet
  15. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  16. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  17. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    840 feet
  18. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    900 feet
  19. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  20. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  21. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    940 feet
  22. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,030 feet
  23. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  24. Bnois Spinka School
    1,060 feet
  25. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  26. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    1,210 feet
  27. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  28. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    760 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    1,120 feet
  3. Penn Triangle Playground
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Classon Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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