Bedford Avenue & North 10th Street

Bedford Avenue and North 10th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hecla Iron Works, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and 93 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford Av
710 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Bedford Av/N 9 St · B62
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & North 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford Av, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av L
    710 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Nassau Av G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Metropolitan Av/Lorimer St G, L
    0.5 miles
    G L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “No Less Than Everything Comes Together” (2021) by Marcel Dzama at the Bedford Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/N 9 St, 160 feet away, for the B62.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/N 9 St B62
    160 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 16 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. N 10 St & Berry St 47 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Marcy Avenue & Hope Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112 Richardson Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 33 Norman Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11211
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

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

North side of North 10th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of North 10th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1896 and 1921.

  1. Hecla Iron Works Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Bedford Stuy New Beginnings CHS School
    810 feet
  3. A-Tech High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McCarren Park
    560 feet
  2. Green Dome Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Dog Run in McCarren Park Dog run
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pvt. Sonsire Triangle
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. North 10th & Union Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 93 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or North 10th 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.