Bedford Avenue & Lexington Avenue

Bedford Avenue and Lexington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford YMCA is 770 feet away, and Talmud Torah D'Nitra is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
19 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
820 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Bedford Av/Greene Av · B44
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Lexington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    820 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
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Greene Av, 390 feet away, for the B44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Greene Av B44
    390 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, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Bedford Academy High School
    690 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    940 feet
  2. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    540 feet
  2. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    910 feet
  3. Greene Acres Community Garden
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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