Park Avenue & Tompkins Avenue

Park Avenue and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Tompkins development. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 230 firehouse is 280 feet away, and Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
34 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Tompkins Av/Ellery St · B43
Within a walk
30 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Tompkins 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    0.3 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
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Ellery St, 310 feet away, for the B43.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Ellery St B43
    310 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tompkins Ave & Hopkins St 19 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1962 and 1994.

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

Since 2014 at least 215 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 playgrounds
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 community centers
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School
    430 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School
    430 feet
Show all 14
  1. P.S. 368 School
    610 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 School
    610 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School
    850 feet
  4. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    850 feet
  5. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet
  6. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  7. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
    1,130 feet
  8. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School
    1,130 feet
  9. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    1,160 feet
  10. United Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  11. kiddieland center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlie's Place Playground
    490 feet
  2. Stockton Playground
    500 feet
  3. Senior Retreat Garden - Tompkins Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sumner Playground
    1,140 feet
  2. Bartlett Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Willoughby Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Free Gift Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Our Lady of Montserrate St Ambrose Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Community Center
    300 feet
  2. Marcy Community Center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 230 Fire station
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Park Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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