Bedford Avenue & Jefferson Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Jefferson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village is 530 feet away, and St Peter Claver Church is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Bedford Av/Hancock St · B44
Within a walk
21 places
12 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Jefferson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    790 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
    1,130 feet
    C S
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Hancock St, 180 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Hancock St B44
    180 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 43 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. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

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

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and November 2025, 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

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 111 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    530 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,040 feet
  3. Bedford Academy High School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    50 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    970 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    970 feet
  3. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    600 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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