Nostrand Avenue & Quincy Street

Nostrand Avenue and Quincy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stars of Hope Community Garden is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Gates Av/Nostrand Av · B52
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Quincy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    1,090 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Nostrand Av, 310 feet away, for the B52.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Nostrand Av B52
    310 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

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
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 31 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden
    410 feet
  2. Stars of Hope Community Garden
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Tabernacle Deliverance Center House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    1,170 feet
  2. Older adult center at 550 Greene Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 57/Engine 235 Fire station
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue or Quincy Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.