Jefferson Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Potomac Playground is 590 feet away, and Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Tompkins Av/Putnam Av · B43
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Putnam Av, 170 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Putnam Av B43
    170 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Tompkins Ave 21 docks in all
    660 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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
46 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 1915.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and October 2025, 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 Tompkins 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 Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING JUNE–NOVEMBER SUNDAY 10AM-8PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 172 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    930 feet
  2. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. P.S. K140 School
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    1,200 feet
  2. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    510 feet
  2. Potomac Playground
    590 feet
  3. Feeding Tree Garden
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shiloh Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Hattie Carthan Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Siloam Presbyterian Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. First AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jefferson Avenue or Tompkins 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.