Jefferson Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 166 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Bridge Street AME Church is 100 feet away, and La Cima Charter School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av · B26
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

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

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av B26 · Shelter
    640 feet
    B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Stuyvesant Ave 19 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 166 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 11 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 Stuyvesant Avenue

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

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 3 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, 181 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    770 feet
  2. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. La Cima Charter School
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    1,130 feet
  2. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. El Shabazz Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 214/Ladder 111 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Jefferson Avenue or Stuyvesant Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.