Lexington Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Lexington Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Refuge Church of God is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Kosciuszko St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kosciuszko St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av · B52
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kosciuszko St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Euphorbias” (2002) by Ronald Calloway at the Kosciuszko St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av, 660 feet away, for the B52.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Stuyvesant Av B52
    660 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & Stuyvesant Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lexington Avenue

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

South side of Lexington Avenue

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

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

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

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
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter School
    730 feet
  2. The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance School
    730 feet
  3. Whitelaw Reid Academy of Arts and Business School
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. La Cima Charter School
    810 feet
  2. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    810 feet
  3. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    810 feet
  4. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    1,000 feet
  5. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jesse Owens Playground
    470 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    940 feet
  3. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Baptist Church Landmark
    460 feet
  2. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket 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 nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lexington Avenue or Stuyvesant Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.