Nostrand Avenue & Kosciuszko Street

Nostrand Avenue and Kosciuszko Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex is 580 feet away, and Kosciuszko Pool is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
7 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
250 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Nostrand Av/Koskiusko St · B44 SBS
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Kosciuszko Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    250 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
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Koskiusko St, 70 feet away, for the B44 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Koskiusko St B44 SBS · Shelter
    70 feet
    B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kosciuszko St & Nostrand Ave 23 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 50 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eighteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neo-Grec, and built between 1884 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    580 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    940 feet
  3. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  4. Bais Yakov of Dkhal Adas Yereim School
    1,210 feet
  5. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  6. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  7. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Banneker Playground
    770 feet
  2. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Spencer St Block Association Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Herbert Von King Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    760 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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