Classon Avenue & Lefferts Place

Classon Avenue and Lefferts Place meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Johns Church God FBH is 800 feet away, and Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Classon Av/Fulton St · B48
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Classon Avenue & Lefferts Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    1,170 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Fulton St, 320 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Fulton St B48
    320 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Classon Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Irving Pl 31 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

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

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 224 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Lefferts Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Lefferts Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate Villa, and built in 1854.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    900 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    900 feet
  2. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,160 feet
  4. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    270 feet
  2. Crispus Attucks Playground
    350 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Lincoln Club Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Bedford Library
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    800 feet
  3. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Lefferts Place.

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