Lewis Avenue & Van Buren Street

Lewis Avenue and Van Buren Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Refuge Church of God is 790 feet away, and Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Greene Av, is 170 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lewis Av/Greene Av · B15
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lewis Avenue & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Greene Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Greene Av B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Greene Ave 23 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 Van Buren Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne. They were built between 1887 and 1893.

  1. Antioch Baptist Church, Church House Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet
  2. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    1,010 feet
  3. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    970 feet
  2. Jesse Owens Playground
    970 feet
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kosciuszko Street Garden and Learning Center Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church Landmark
    530 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    790 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 217 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lewis Avenue or Van Buren 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.