Bedford Avenue & Martense Street

Bedford Avenue and Martense Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Faith Assemblies of God Church is 140 feet away, and Erasmus Hall Academy stands 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Bedford Av/Linden Blvd · B49
Within a walk
27 places
13 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Martense Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Linden Blvd, 250 feet away, for the B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Linden Blvd B49
    250 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Bedford Ave 22 docks in all
    410 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
    450 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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 March 2026.

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 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 209 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Martense Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Martense Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal and Rundbogenstil, one each, and built between 1786 and 1878.

  1. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Erasmus Hall Academy Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    940 feet
  3. Norma Adams Clemons Academy School
    970 feet
Show all 9
  1. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    1,000 feet
  2. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    1,000 feet
  3. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School
    1,000 feet
  4. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School
    1,000 feet
  5. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School
    1,000 feet
  6. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Library
    840 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    850 feet
  3. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    440 feet
  3. The Universal Church House of worship
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Bethanie SDA French Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    870 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 14 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 Martense 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.