Bedford Avenue & Sterling Place

Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Studebaker Building stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bedford Av/Sterling Pl · B49
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Park Pl, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S

Next trains at this station

Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 S
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Units of the Free” (1999) by Isha Shabaka at the Park Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Sterling Pl, 40 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Sterling Pl B49
    40 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Bedford Ave 25 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Sterling Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1890.

  1. Studebaker Building Designated landmark
    100 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. German School Brooklyn School
    380 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
Show all 9
  1. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany of Brooklyn NY School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,210 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights School
    1,220 feet
  3. The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence School
    1,220 feet
  4. P.S. 138 Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  5. Park Place Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet
  6. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Sterling Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.