Kosciuszko Street & Lewis Avenue

Kosciuszko Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 217 firehouse is 590 feet away, and Lewis Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Lewis Av/Lafayette Av · B15
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kosciuszko Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.4 miles
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Lafayette Av, 190 feet away, for the B15.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Lafayette Av B15
    190 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Kosciuszko St 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    790 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    930 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    430 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    560 feet
  3. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lewis Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar 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 nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and 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 Kosciuszko Street 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.