Lafayette Avenue & Skillman Street

Lafayette Avenue and Skillman Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Acres Community Garden is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat. About 2,900 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
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
320 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Lafayette Av/Franklin Av · B38
Within a walk
22 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Skillman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    320 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    1,100 feet
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Franklin Av, 290 feet away, for the B38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Franklin Av B38
    290 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Franklin Ave 27 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

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

East side of Skillman Street

  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED MONDAY & THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM ONLY

West side of Skillman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 gardens
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    390 feet
  2. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    420 feet
  3. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Baybeehive Dekalb Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  5. Little Sun People Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    370 feet
  2. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    370 feet
  3. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Greene Acres Community Garden
    710 feet
  2. Star Spangled Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Jane Bailey Memorial Garden
    1,090 feet
  4. Spencer St Block Association Garden
    1,110 feet
  5. Classon Playground
    1,170 feet
  6. Cedar Tree Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Skillman Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.