Nostrand Avenue & Hart Street

Nostrand Avenue and Hart Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Willoughby-Hart Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Nostrand Av/Willoughby Av · B44
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Hart Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    1,060 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Willoughby Av, 190 feet away, for the B44.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Walworth St 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hart Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hart Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Willoughby-Hart Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 141 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    180 feet
  2. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    180 feet
  3. Bais Yakov of Dkhal Adas Yereim School
    400 feet
Show all 9
  1. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions - Myrtle Ave School
    860 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  4. Our Children-The Leaders of Tomorrow Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  5. Bnos Square of Williamsburg School
    1,040 feet
  6. Bnos Chayil School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcy Playground
    870 feet
  2. Vernon Cases Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Red Gate Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hart to Hart Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hart Street or Nostrand Avenue.

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