Howard Avenue & Sumpter Street

Howard Avenue and Sumpter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carver Playground is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Fulton St/Howard Av · B25
Within a walk
25 places
14 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Howard Avenue & Sumpter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    890 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Howard Av, 530 feet away, for the B25.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Howard Av B25
    530 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

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

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sumpter Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    690 feet
  2. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carver Playground
    220 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    540 feet
  3. Brevoort Playground
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Weeksville Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Saratoga Farm Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    430 feet
  2. Brevoort Community Center
    1,200 feet
  3. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 Howard Avenue or Sumpter Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.