Broadway & Ditmars Street

Broadway and Ditmars Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beattie Square is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Broadway/Willoughby Av · B46, B47
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Ditmars Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    550 feet
    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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Willoughby Av, 140 feet away, for the B46 and B47.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Willoughby Av B46, B47
    140 feet
    B46 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Broadway 32 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 10 Montieth Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 150 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Broadway (west side).

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Ditmars Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ditmars Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303003 and 308104.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beattie Square
    240 feet
  2. John the Baptist Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Freedom Triangle
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Miraflores Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Lewis Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    980 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Ditmars 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.