Bedford Avenue & Union Street

Bedford Avenue and Union Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Union Street Garden and Community Development is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Bedford Av/Eastern Pkwy · B49
Within a walk
13 places
11 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    970 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Eastern Pkwy, 450 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Eastern Pkwy B49
    450 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Union St & Bedford Ave 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 240 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
138 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 354 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Union Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Crown Heights House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field House of worship
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue or Union Street.

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