Nostrand Avenue & Greene Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Greene Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden is 50 feet away, and Banneker Playground is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
8 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
550 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Greene Av · B44
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Greene Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    550 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Greene Av, 120 feet away, for the B44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Greene Av B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Nostrand Ave 23 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand 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
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    1,170 feet
  3. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. MI Casita Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    50 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    970 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Banneker Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    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 20 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Greene Avenue or Nostrand 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.