Park Avenue & Sandford Street

Park Avenue and Sandford Street meet at a five-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar Girls Annex is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Nostrand Av/Park Av · B44
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Sandford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Park Av, 350 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Park Av B44
    350 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nostrand Ave & Myrtle Ave 23 docks in all
    1,020 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Brandywine' red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-6PM FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-6PM FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

East side of Sandford Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Sandford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Warsoff Place

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Warsoff Place

  • No parking 4 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 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Central Uta School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Girls School
    320 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar Girls Annex School
    420 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bnei Shimon Yisroel of Sopron School
    710 feet
  2. Yeshiva of Kasho School
    920 feet
  3. Owl Early Intervention Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,010 feet
  4. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  5. Our Children-The Leaders of Tomorrow Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  6. Tickle Toes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  7. Adaptive Solutions - Myrtle Ave School
    1,230 feet
  8. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcy Playground
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Marcy Community center
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 102 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Park Avenue, Sandford Street or Warsoff Place.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.