Bedford Avenue & Madison Street

Bedford Avenue and Madison Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Madison Hill Community Garden is 450 feet away, and Stars of Hope Community Garden is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Putnam Av/Bedford Av · B26
Within a walk
18 places
11 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Bedford Av, 310 feet away, for the B26.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Bedford Av B26
    310 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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

  • 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 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 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 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    450 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    590 feet
  3. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    360 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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