Bedford Avenue & Lenox Road

Bedford Avenue and Lenox Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 760 feet away, and Church of the Evangel is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bedford Av/Lenox Rd · B49
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Lenox Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Parkside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Lenox Rd, 120 feet away, for the B49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Lenox Rd B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Lenox Rd 20 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,100 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 5,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 366 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Lenox Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Lenox Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 327843.

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. The David Foster Pre-School Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    1,130 feet
  2. High Definition Kids Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Winthrop Playground
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    1,260 feet
  3. Flatbush Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethanie SDA French Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. Church of the Evangel Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Lenox Road.

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.