Lexington Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Lexington Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center is 740 feet away, and Academy of Arts and Letters is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about ten minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Tompkins Av/Greene Av · B43
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lexington Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Greene Av, 150 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Greene Av B43
    150 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 74 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lexington Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Lexington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    180 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    310 feet
  3. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    580 feet
Show all 6
  1. Shiloh Garden
    870 feet
  2. Feeding Tree Garden
    870 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,010 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food 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 16 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lexington Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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