Putnam Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named ODB Jones Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. John Hancock Playground is 610 feet away, and 100 Quincy Community Garden is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
800 feet · 3 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Putnam Av/Franklin Av · B26
Within a walk
32 places
15 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    800 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
    0.5 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/Franklin Av, 50 feet away, for the B26.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Franklin Av B26
    50 feet
    B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Bedford Ave 27 docks in all
    1,090 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
59 feet above sea level

This corner is also named ODB Jones Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on ODB Jones Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    470 feet
  2. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    530 feet
  3. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 8
  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,220 feet
  4. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,250 feet
  5. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    320 feet
  2. John Hancock Playground
    610 feet
  3. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. 100 Quincy Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    640 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    640 feet
  3. Lincoln Club Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Evening Star Baptist Church House of worship
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mount Sinai Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. New Canaan Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bedford YMCA Recreation center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 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 Franklin Avenue or Putnam 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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.