Park Avenue & Throop Avenue

Park Avenue and Throop Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 398 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School is 330 feet away, and Vernon and Throop Community Garden is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and M. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places and ten places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Throop Av/Park Av · B43
Within a walk
26 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Throop Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Throop Av/Park Av, 120 feet away, for the B43.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Throop Av/Park Av B43
    120 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Throop Ave & Myrtle Ave 21 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 398 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,319th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 97 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 between 1950 and 1962.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development.

Since 2014 at least 201 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Avenue

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

South side of Park Avenue

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

East side of Throop Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 8 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 26 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
    330 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School
    330 feet
  3. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Beginning With Children Charter School
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    720 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  4. P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School
    1,230 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sumner Playground
    340 feet
  2. Charlie's Place Playground
    660 feet
  3. Love Garden - Sumner Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Vernon and Throop Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Tranquility Farm Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. Senior Retreat Garden - Tompkins Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,210 feet
  4. T&T Vernon Block Community Garden
    1,220 feet
  5. Stockton Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Community Center
    760 feet
  2. Older adult center at 862 Park Avenue Older adult center
    1,080 feet
  3. Sumner Community Center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 230 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Avenue or Throop Avenue.

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