Bedford Avenue & Monroe Street

Bedford Avenue and Monroe Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford YMCA is 160 feet away, and the Battalion 57/Engine 235 firehouse is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Bedford Av/Monroe St · B44
Within a walk
22 places
14 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Monroe 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 six 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. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Monroe St, 90 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Monroe St B44
    90 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

North side of Monroe Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Monroe Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    240 feet
  2. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    720 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    860 feet
  3. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 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 eight 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 Monroe 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.