Bedford Avenue & Rodney Street

Bedford Avenue and Rodney Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 32 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Bedford Av/Hewes St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
52 places
32 religious buildings, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Rodney Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Hewes St J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Space Odyssey” (2004) by Ellsworth Ausby at the Marcy Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Hewes St, 680 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Hewes St B44, B44 SBS
    680 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Taylor St & Bedford Ave 23 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 260 South 4th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 10AM-5PM

North side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Rodney Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 public places.

  • 32 religious buildings
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    170 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Uta 590 School
    420 feet
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  1. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    830 feet
  4. P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly School
    840 feet
  5. Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC School
    840 feet
  6. Bais Yakov Dkhal Adas Yereim HS School
    920 feet
  7. United Talmudical Academy 75 School
    960 feet
  8. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  9. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    960 feet
  10. Yeshiva Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    980 feet
  11. United Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  12. Little Giants Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  13. Beth Rachel School-Girls-720 School
    1,110 feet
  14. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roebling Playground
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Independence Towers Community Center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 114 Taylor Street Older adult center
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Central Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue, Pedestrian Path or Rodney 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.