Quincy Street & Lewis Avenue

Quincy Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Refuge Church of God is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lewis Av/Gates Av, is 170 feet away for the B15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Lewis Av/Gates Av · B15
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Quincy Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lewis Av/Gates Av, 170 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lewis Av/Gates Av B15
    170 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Greene Ave 23 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lewis Avenue

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

West side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Quincy Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne. They were built between 1887 and 1893.

  1. Antioch Baptist Church, Church House Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Ember Charter School for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation School
    350 feet
  2. P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell School
    350 feet
  3. Talmud Torah D'Nitra School
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cornerstone Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Co-Op School
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Gardens I Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Refuge Church of God House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Antioch Baptist Church Landmark
    730 feet
  3. St Mary Church of Christ House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cornerstone Baptist Church Listed historic place
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 562 Madison Street Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Gardens I Community Center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lewis Avenue or Quincy Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.