Bedford Avenue & Rutledge Street

Bedford Avenue and Rutledge Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uta 128 is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lynch St/Bedford Av, is 660 feet away for the B48, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 61 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
820 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Lynch St/Bedford Av · B48
Within a walk
61 places
25 religious buildings, 15 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Rutledge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lynch St/Bedford Av, 660 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lynch St/Bedford Av B48
    660 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    1,290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 820 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 260 South 4th Street Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 6 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 November 2025.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Rutledge Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Rutledge Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SUNDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM FRIDAY 10AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-5PM FRIDAY 8AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1888 and 1889.

  1. Public School 71K Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 15 day care or pre-K sites
  • 15 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 128 School
    270 feet
  2. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    300 feet
  3. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Pre-K
    390 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Early Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  3. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    430 feet
  4. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    540 feet
  5. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    540 feet
  6. Uta 125 School
    600 feet
  7. Beth Chana School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    630 feet
  8. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    670 feet
  9. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  10. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  11. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  12. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    800 feet
  13. Beth Chana School
    860 feet
  14. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    890 feet
  15. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    890 feet
  16. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    890 feet
  17. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    890 feet
  18. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    940 feet
  19. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,010 feet
  20. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,020 feet
  21. Blocks Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  22. Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem School
    1,110 feet
  23. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  24. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  25. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  26. Uta 590 School
    1,200 feet
  27. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Penn Triangle Playground
    950 feet
  2. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    1,120 feet
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  1. Classon Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Heyward Street Older adult center
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Rutledge 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.