Park Avenue & Taaffe Place

Park Avenue and Taaffe Place 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. Taaffe Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Classon Av/Park Av, is 370 feet away for the B48 and B62, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Classon Av/Park Av · B48, B62
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Taaffe Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Park Av, 370 feet away, for the B48 and B62.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
    970 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    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.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Avenue

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

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Taaffe Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Taaffe Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    450 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    480 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hychel Hatorah School
    720 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    960 feet
  3. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 School
    1,130 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  5. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  6. Ach Tov Vchesed School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taaffe Playground
    40 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Avenue or Taaffe 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.