Hart Street & Lewis Avenue

Hart Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School is 120 feet away, and Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lewis Av/Pulaski St · B15
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hart Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
  3. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Pulaski St, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Pulaski St B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Kosciuszko St 24 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1976.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt II development.

Since 2014 at least 87 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Lewis Avenue

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

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    120 feet
  2. Brighter Choice Community School
    1,010 feet
  3. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    320 feet
  2. Lewis Playground
    340 feet
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. John the Baptist Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    860 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hart Street or Lewis Avenue.

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