Jefferson Avenue & Patchen Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Patchen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Citizens for a Better Community Garden is 680 feet away, and Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Halsey St/Patchen Av · B26
Within a walk
28 places
22 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Patchen Av, 640 feet away, for the B26.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Patchen Av B26
    640 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson Ave & Patchen Ave 19 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patchen Community Square Garden
    220 feet
  2. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    590 feet
  3. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Welcome Home Garden
    730 feet
  2. Gates Harvest Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St Johns AME Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 20 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jefferson Avenue or Patchen Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.