Nostrand Avenue & Lafayette Avenue

Nostrand Avenue and Lafayette Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center is 220 feet away, and Whole Neighborhood Garden is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
28 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
60 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Lafayette Av · B44, T403
Within a walk
23 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Lafayette Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    60 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Lafayette Av, 120 feet away, for the B44 and T403.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Lafayette Av B44, T403
    120 feet
    B44 T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. T403 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 18 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
    360 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 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School-Annex School
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker School
    630 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Congregation Ki Tov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    870 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    990 feet
  4. P.S. 54 the Detective Rafael Ramos School
    1,210 feet
  5. P.S. 054 Samuel C. Barnes Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Banneker Playground
    500 feet
  2. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Herbert Von King Park
    960 feet
  2. Whole Neighborhood Garden
    980 feet
  3. Clifton Place Memorial Garden & Park Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Marcy Library
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kosciuszko Pool Swimming pool
    900 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Pool Swimming pool
    1,020 feet
  3. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine 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 Lafayette 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.