Lafayette Avenue & Patchen Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Patchen Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Rugged Cross Baptist Church is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
160 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Patchen Av/Lafayette Av · Q24
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kosciuszko St J
    160 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Patchen Av/Lafayette Av, 40 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Patchen Av/Lafayette Av Q24
    40 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & Kosciuszko St 29 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Kossuth Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical Revival and Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1853 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 274 Kosciusko School
    890 feet
  2. Ebc High School for Public Service - Bushwick School
    1,110 feet
  3. Madiba Prep Middle School
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 026 Jesse Owens School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patchen Avenue Garden
    710 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    720 feet
  3. The People's Garden
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden of Angels Garden
    830 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Gates Harvest Garden
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Bushwick Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Complex Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Dekalb Library Landmark
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. South Bushwick Reformed Church Landmark
    850 feet
  3. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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