Putnam Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Leonards Anglican Church is 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av, is 910 feet away for the B26, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av · B26
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av, 910 feet away, for the B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Stuyvesant Av B26 · Shelter
    910 feet
    B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hancock St & Stuyvesant Ave 19 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 57 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1889.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. La Cima Charter School
    860 feet
  3. M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology School
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Uncommon Bed-Stuy East Charter School NYC School
    860 feet
  2. Vernykidz Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,050 feet
  3. The Katmint Learning Initiative Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bridge Street AME Church Landmark
    340 feet
  2. St Leonards Anglican Church Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Janes United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Putnam Avenue or Stuyvesant Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.