Greene Avenue & Classon Avenue

Greene Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden is 430 feet away, and Lafayette Community Center is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Greene Av/Classon Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Classon Av G
    530 feet
    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
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Classon Av, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Classon Av B52
    110 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & Classon Ave 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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

  • Turn calming, August 2020

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2026, 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1894.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Sun People Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  3. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    1,040 feet
Show all 8
  1. Billy Martin Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  4. Community Partnership Charter School
    1,110 feet
  5. P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Tree Garden
    180 feet
  2. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    430 feet
  3. Classon Playground
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Greene Acres Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    1,240 feet
  4. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. 88th Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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