Greene Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Greene Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Detective Joseph “Scooter Joe” Willins Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 180 feet to the 79th Precinct. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Tompkins Av/Greene Av · B43
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Greene Av, 150 feet away, for the B43.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Greene Av B43
    150 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Throop Ave 19 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

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

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 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
  • Turn calming, November 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

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
49 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Detective Joseph “Scooter Joe” Willins Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 123 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Detective Joseph “Scooter Joe” Willins Way.

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 June 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    50 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    310 feet
  3. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    740 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Shiloh Garden
    1,140 feet
  4. Feeding Tree Garden
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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