Kosciuszko Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Kosciuszko Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av · B38
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kosciuszko Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 miles
    J M Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av, 380 feet away, for the B38.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Stuyvesant Av B38
    380 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Stuyvesant Ave 24 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

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

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    320 feet
  2. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    570 feet
  3. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    570 feet
  2. Madiba Prep Middle School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    300 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    700 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    720 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 two places to eat and seven 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kosciuszko Street or Stuyvesant 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.