Bedford Avenue & Taylor Street

Bedford Avenue and Taylor Street meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yakov Dkhal Adas Yereim HS is 110 feet away, and Williams Plaza Community Center is 1,230 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 48 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Marcy Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bedford Av/Taylor St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
48 places
22 religious buildings, 8 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Taylor 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 …

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/Taylor St, 60 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Taylor St B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    60 feet
    B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge at Roebling Street & Williamsburg Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 687 Kent Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 444 Kent Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Williamsburg
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 10AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

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

North side of Taylor Street

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

South side of Taylor Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 THURSDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yakov Dkhal Adas Yereim HS School
    110 feet
  2. Little Giants Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    270 feet
  3. P.S. 016 Leonard Dunkly School
    400 feet
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  1. Uncommon Williamsburg Charter School NYC School
    400 feet
  2. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel School
    900 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy 75 School
    940 feet
  5. Bais Ruchel Dsatmar School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  6. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  7. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Williamsburg Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  8. United Talmudical Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet
  9. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  10. Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson School
    1,200 feet
  11. Uta 590 School
    1,230 feet
  12. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roebling Playground
    140 feet
  2. Cohn Triangle
    630 feet
  3. Sobel Playground
    700 feet
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  1. Bedford Playground
    780 feet
  2. La Casita Verde Community Garden
    790 feet
  3. Jacob's Ladder Playground
    1,270 feet
  4. Epiphany Playground
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Independence Towers Community Center
    280 feet
  2. Older adult center at 114 Taylor Street Older adult center
    280 feet
  3. Taylor-Wythe Community Center
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Williams Plaza Community Center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Central Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Taylor 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, NYCHA, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.