Bedford Avenue & Quincy Street

Bedford Avenue and Quincy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 790 feet to 100 Quincy Community Garden, and Whole Neighborhood Garden is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bedford Avenue.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Bedford Av/Gates Av · B44 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Quincy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    1,090 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Classon Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Gates Av, 380 feet away, for the B44 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Gates Av B44 SBS
    380 feet
    B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bedford Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Quincy St 23 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

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 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 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 Quincy Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Academy High School
    420 feet
  2. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    1,210 feet
  2. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    790 feet
  2. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    820 feet
  3. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greene Acres Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 11 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 Quincy 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.