Bedford Avenue & Lynch Street

Bedford Avenue and Lynch Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 58 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Lynch St/Bedford Av · B48
Within a walk
58 places
18 religious buildings, 17 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Lynch Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lynch St/Bedford Av, 80 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lynch St/Bedford Av B48
    80 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Lynch Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lynch Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1888 and 1889.

  1. Public School 71K Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 17 day care or pre-K sites
  • 17 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    170 feet
  3. Beth Chana School
    290 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    170 feet
  2. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    430 feet
  3. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    430 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    430 feet
  5. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    430 feet
  6. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    540 feet
  7. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    540 feet
  8. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    580 feet
  9. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    580 feet
  10. Uta 128 School
    630 feet
  11. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  12. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  13. Eis Laasois Child Development Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  14. Bnois Spinka School
    750 feet
  15. Uta 125 School
    810 feet
  16. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    830 feet
  17. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  18. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  19. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    960 feet
  20. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  21. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  22. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    1,010 feet
  23. Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhoo Preschool
    1,010 feet
  24. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  25. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  26. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  27. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,210 feet
  28. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    1,230 feet
  29. Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron School
    1,240 feet
  30. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    460 feet
  2. Classon Triangle
    1,040 feet
  3. Classon Playground
    1,220 feet
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  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Lynch Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.