Jefferson Avenue & Claver Place

Jefferson Avenue and Claver Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Peter Claver Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Putnam Av/Classon Av · B26
Within a walk
26 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Claver Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    820 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Classon Av, 500 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Classon Av B26
    500 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Irving Pl 31 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

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

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 111 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claver Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built in 1889.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    130 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    540 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    550 feet
  2. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    620 feet
  4. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    640 feet
  5. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crispus Attucks Playground
    730 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    780 feet
  3. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    810 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    460 feet
  3. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 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 Claver Place or Jefferson 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.