Bedford Avenue & Kosciuszko Street

Bedford Avenue and Kosciuszko Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Talmud Torah D'Nitra is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
270 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Bedford Av/Lafayette Av · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
19 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Kosciuszko Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    270 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Lafayette Av, 320 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Lafayette Av B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    320 feet
    B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clifton Pl & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

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

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Bedford Avenue (east side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 331954.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    300 feet
  2. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    420 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 8
  1. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Baybeehive Dekalb Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  4. Bnos Chayil School
    1,120 feet
  5. Hamaspik School (The) School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    140 feet
  2. Spencer St Block Association Garden
    570 feet
  3. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    740 feet
  2. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    910 feet
  3. Star Spangled Playground
    1,060 feet
  4. Greene Acres Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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