Lafayette Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center is 900 feet away, and Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Lewis Av/Lafayette Av · B15
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.5 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, 100 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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
    320 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 6 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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne. They were built between 1887 and 1893.

  1. Antioch Baptist Church, Church House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    1,060 feet
  2. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    1,120 feet
  3. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    1,120 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    1,200 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 3 School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    700 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    830 feet
  3. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church Landmark
    800 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Lewis Avenue.

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