Broadway & Vernon Avenue

Broadway and Vernon Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Roosevelt Community Center is 880 feet away, and Lewis Playground is 1,180 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 48 places to eat. About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
450 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Broadway/Myrtle Av · T432
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 & Vernon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    450 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/Myrtle Av, 220 feet away, for the T432.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Myrtle Av T432
    220 feet
    T432

Next buses at this stop

  1. T432 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Broadway 32 docks in all
    660 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
    1,060 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 13 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 248 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Vernon Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 337513.

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
    210 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Beattie Square
    130 feet
  2. John the Baptist Community Garden
    200 feet
  3. Freedom Triangle
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Miraflores Community Garden
    950 feet
  2. Lewis Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    970 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 48 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Vernon Avenue.

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.