Brevoort Place & Bedford Place

Brevoort Place and Bedford Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Holiness Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
390 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Franklin Av/Lefferts Pl · B49
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brevoort Place & Bedford Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    390 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    780 feet
    C S
  2. Park Pl S
    0.5 miles
    S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Lefferts Pl, 500 feet away, for the B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Lefferts Pl B49
    500 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brevoort Pl & Bedford Ave 24 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bedford Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bedford Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Brevoort Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 26 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1878 and 1880.

  1. 23rd Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,140 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    1,280 feet
  2. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    1,100 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    450 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brevoort Place.

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