Putnam Avenue & Claver Place

Putnam Avenue and Claver Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 415 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Brooklyn Waldorf School is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Putnam Av/Classon Av · B26
Within a walk
32 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Claver Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    1,090 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Classon Av, 230 feet away, for the B26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Classon Av B26
    230 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Classon Ave 19 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 415 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,299th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 231 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Claver Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Claver Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1889.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    280 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    810 feet
Show all 11
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    820 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    820 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  4. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    890 feet
  5. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    910 feet
  6. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  7. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    1,300 feet
  8. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    650 feet
  2. Madison Hill Community Garden
    760 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. John Hancock Playground
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    1,080 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    270 feet
  2. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    350 feet
  3. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Claver Place or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.