Jefferson Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 326 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Franklin Av/Putnam Av · B48
Within a walk
29 places
16 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    530 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
    1,270 feet
    A 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 Franklin Av/Putnam Av, 150 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Putnam Av B48
    150 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    820 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. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 326 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,419th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 178 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

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

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jefferson Avenue

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

South side of Jefferson Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec with alterations, and mostly built between 1881 and 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    200 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    440 feet
  3. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    940 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    940 feet
  4. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    340 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    370 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    370 feet
  3. Lincoln Club Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Jefferson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.