Dekalb Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
De Kalb Av/Lewis Av · B38
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    J

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 De Kalb Av/Lewis Av, 120 feet away, for the B38.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Lewis Av B38 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Kosciuszko St 24 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

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

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1962.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    160 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    290 feet
  3. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lewis Playground
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    1,190 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Lewis Avenue.

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