Quincy Street & Patchen Avenue

Quincy Street and Patchen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Gates Av/Patchen Av · B52
Within a walk
33 places
17 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Quincy Street & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    1,210 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    1,240 feet
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Patchen Av, 370 feet away, for the B52.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Patchen Av B52
    370 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lexington Ave & Patchen Ave 18 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 99 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

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

North side of Quincy Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Quincy Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    700 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  3. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gates Harvest Garden
    220 feet
  2. Patchen Avenue Garden
    390 feet
  3. Citizens for a Better Community Garden
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. Garden of Angels Garden
    670 feet
  2. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    730 feet
  3. Patrick Van Doren Pocket Park Garden
    810 feet
  4. Patchen Community Square Garden
    1,120 feet
  5. Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden (Lola Bryant Comm. Garden) Garden
    1,180 feet
  6. The People's Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Rugged Cross Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 150 Malcolm X Boulevard Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 17 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Patchen Avenue or Quincy Street.

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