Howard Avenue & Bainbridge Street

Howard Avenue and Bainbridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Journey Church of Brooklyn is 660 feet away, and Shirley A Chisholm Post Office is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Ralph Av/Bainbridge St · B47
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Howard Avenue & Bainbridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z
  2. Halsey St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Bainbridge St, 830 feet away, for the B47.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Bainbridge St B47
    830 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Chauncey St & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bainbridge Street

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

South side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    930 feet
  3. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saratoga Park
    860 feet
  2. Carver Playground
    860 feet
  3. Saratoga Park Playground
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brevoort Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bainbridge Street or Howard 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.