Myrtle Avenue & Lewis Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Sumner development. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
36 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Myrtle Av/Lewis Av · B54
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    650 feet
    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
    0.3 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 Myrtle Av/Lewis Av, 110 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Lewis Av B54
    110 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Lewis Ave 23 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1199 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 36 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 189 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

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

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 community centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School
    820 feet
  2. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lewis Playground
    470 feet
  2. Miraflores Community Garden
    610 feet
  3. John the Baptist Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beattie Square
    990 feet
  2. Senior Garden - Roosevelt Houses (NYCHA ) Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William Ulmer Brewery Complex Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Beth Shalom Eh Congregation House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at 303 Vernon Avenue Community center
    690 feet
  2. Older adult center at 862 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet
  3. Sumner Community Center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    250 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    510 feet
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lewis Avenue or Myrtle 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.