Lexington Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Lexington Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,753 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Greene Av, is 390 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Lewis Av/Greene Av · B15
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Greene Av, 390 feet away, for the B15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,753 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 473rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 584 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
55 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 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
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    620 feet
  3. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jesse Owens Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church Landmark
    460 feet
  3. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 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 five places to eat and 12 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 Lexington Avenue.

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