Jefferson Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Macon Library is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Jefferson Av, is 160 feet away for the B15, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Lewis Av/Jefferson Av · B15
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Jefferson Av, 160 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Jefferson Av B15
    160 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Madison St 23 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Jefferson Avenue

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

South side of Jefferson Avenue

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

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 104 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1885 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    370 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Macon Library Landmark
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Bridge Street AME Church House of worship
    920 feet
  3. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 Jefferson Avenue or Lewis 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.