Franklin Avenue & Lexington Avenue

Franklin Avenue and Lexington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Sinai Baptist Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
25 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Franklin Av/Greene Av · B48, B52
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Lexington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Greene Av, 160 feet away, for the B48 and B52.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Greene Av B48, B52
    160 feet
    B48 B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Quincy St 23 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

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

North side of Lexington Avenue

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

South side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Bedford Academy High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Acres Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    460 feet
  3. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    860 feet
  2. Cedar Tree Garden
    920 feet
  3. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. Madison Hill Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and eight 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 Franklin Avenue or Lexington 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.