Lafayette Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center is 400 feet away, and First Quincy Street Community Garden is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Lafayette Av/Tompkins Av · B38
Within a walk
23 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Tompkins Av, 110 feet away, for the B38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Tompkins Av B38 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kosciuszko St & Tompkins Ave 18 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

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

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and built between 1880 and 1885.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    50 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    350 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    840 feet
  2. Banneker Playground
    840 feet
  3. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    990 feet
  4. American Heart Garden
    1,160 feet
  5. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    400 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    880 feet
  3. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet
  2. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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