Jefferson Avenue & Throop Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1910, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Throop Av/Jefferson Av · B43
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Jefferson Av, 100 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Jefferson Av B43
    100 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Throop Ave 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 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 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Throop Avenue

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

West side of Throop 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

Sixteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and built between 1872 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey School
    870 feet
  2. Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn School
    870 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Hope Garden
    520 feet
  2. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    890 feet
  3. Raymond Bush Playground
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jefferson Avenue or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.