Bedford Avenue & Lincoln Place

Bedford Avenue and Lincoln Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Studebaker Building stands 740 feet away, built in 1920. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl · B49
Within a walk
16 places
13 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Lincoln Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    1,020 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl, 230 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl B49
    230 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Bedford Ave 25 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
134 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM SATURDAY 6AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 328196 and 334640.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built in 1920.

  1. Studebaker Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany of Brooklyn NY School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    730 feet
  3. German School Brooklyn School
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Crown Heights House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Lincoln Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.