Dekalb Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Herbert Von King Park is 580 feet away, and Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Tompkins Av/Dekalb Av · B43
Within a walk
30 places
16 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Dekalb Av, 40 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Dekalb Av B43
    40 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue and Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kosciuszko St & Tompkins Ave 18 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2021

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and built between 1880 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    580 feet
  2. American Heart Garden
    620 feet
  3. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    730 feet
Show all 9
  1. Willoughby Playground
    850 feet
  2. All People's Community Garden
    850 feet
  3. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    900 feet
  4. Heaven's Gate Community Garden (Hart Street) Garden
    940 feet
  5. Banneker Playground
    1,110 feet
  6. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,170 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    340 feet
  3. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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