Bedford Avenue & South 10th Street

Bedford Avenue and South 10th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Sgt. Bobby Mendez Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. La Casita Verde Community Garden is 50 feet away, and Williamsburg Montessori is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Marcy Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Division Av/Berry St · B62
Within a walk
30 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Marcy Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Marcy Av J, M, Z
    0.4 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 …

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Division Av/Berry St, 640 feet away, for the B62.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Division Av/Berry St B62
    640 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & S 9 St 23 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11249
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsburg
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sgt. Bobby Mendez Way, a co-naming enacted on February 25, 2016 (Local Law 23 of 2016).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sgt. Bobby Mendez Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of South 10th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of South 10th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1852 and 1892.

  1. Long Island Business College Designated landmark
    690 feet
  2. New England Congregational Church Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Cohn Square.

  1. Harold W. Cohn Bas-relief by Stanislaw Lutostanski, 1991
    230 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Bais Yakov Dkhal Adas Yereim HS School
    930 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel School
    960 feet
Show all 11
  1. Beikvei Hatzoin School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Little Giants Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Williamsburg Montessori School
    1,270 feet
  4. Be'Ikvei Hatzoin School
    1,270 feet
  5. Tickle Toes Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet
  6. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  7. P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly School
    1,310 feet
  8. Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bedford Playground
    50 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    50 feet
  3. Cohn Triangle
    230 feet
Show all 7
  1. Epiphany Playground
    360 feet
  2. Sobel Playground
    950 feet
  3. Roebling Playground
    1,040 feet
  4. Roberto Clemente Ballfield Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. George B. Post Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet
  2. Public space at Schaefer Landing Public space
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings County Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Independence Towers Community Center
    1,180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 114 Taylor Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or South 10th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.