Lewis Avenue & Bainbridge Street

Lewis Avenue and Bainbridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Embury Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage stands 270 feet away, and St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Lewis Av/Bainbridge St · B15
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lewis Avenue & Bainbridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    1,030 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Bainbridge St, 120 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Bainbridge St B15
    120 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Fulton St 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 108 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 342 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1885 and 1898.

  1. Embury Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House & Sun. School Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    710 feet
  2. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fulton Park
    310 feet
  2. Robert Fulton Statue in Fulton Park Park feature
    560 feet
  3. Decatur Playground
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Harmony Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Macon Library
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Landmark
    250 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    510 feet
  3. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bethany Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bainbridge Street or Lewis 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.