Nostrand Avenue & Jefferson Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Jefferson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Bedford Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation stands 120 feet away, and United Herkimer Garden Club is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Nostrand Av/Putnam Av · B44
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Jefferson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,020 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Putnam Av, 170 feet away, for the B44.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Putnam Av B44
    170 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave 19 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1884 and 1901.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Bedford Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 414 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1887.

  1. Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Girls' High School Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bed Stuy Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy High School
    1,070 feet
  3. Uncommon Collegiate CHS School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Boys' High School Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    790 feet
  3. Siloam Presbyterian Church Landmark
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Concord Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Jefferson 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.