Lewis Avenue & Pulaski Street

Lewis Avenue and Pulaski Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St John the Baptist RC Church is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Lewis Av/Pulaski St · B15
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lewis Avenue & Pulaski Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    0.3 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. Flushing Av J, M
    0.5 miles
    J M

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/Pulaski St, 120 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Kosciuszko St 24 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.7 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
    0.6 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1965.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Roosevelt I development.

Since 2014 at least 84 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

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

North side of Pulaski Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Pulaski Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School
    970 feet
  3. Brighter Choice Community School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    50 feet
  2. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    560 feet
  3. Lewis Playground
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    990 feet
  2. Pulaski Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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