Halsey Street & Lewis Avenue

Halsey Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 130 feet to 462 Halsey Community Farm, and Cornerstone Baptist Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Lewis Av/Halsey St · B15
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Halsey St, 40 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Halsey St B15
    40 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Lewis Ave 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1886 and 1901.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 329 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1877 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    900 feet
  2. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    900 feet
  3. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    130 feet
  2. Decatur Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    240 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    810 feet
  2. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Halsey Street or Lewis Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.