Park Avenue & Kent Avenue

Park Avenue and Kent Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Spinka Boys School is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Classon Av/Park Av, is 610 feet away for the B48 and B62, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Classon Av/Park Av · B48, B62
Within a walk
20 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Kent Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Park Av, 610 feet away, for the B48 and B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Park Av B48, B62
    610 feet
    B48 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75 Classon Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Kent Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

West side of Kent Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Park Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    210 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    480 feet
Show all 13
  1. Hychel Hatorah School
    480 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    730 feet
  3. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 School
    890 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  5. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  6. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  7. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    1,100 feet
  8. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  9. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  10. Tickle Toes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taaffe Playground
    280 feet
  2. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    950 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Classon Playground
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 102 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kent Avenue or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.