Quincy Street & Tompkins Avenue

Quincy Street and Tompkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Quincy Street Community Garden is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Gates Av, is 370 feet away for the B43, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Tompkins Av/Gates Av · B43
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Quincy Street & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Gates Av, 370 feet away, for the B43.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Gates Av B43
    370 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Monroe St & Tompkins Ave 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
54 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.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Quincy Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Tompkins Avenue

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

West side of Tompkins Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Nursery and Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Sunshine Nursery & Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Academy of Arts and Letters School
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Glorious and Gifted Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Bedford Stuyvessant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    120 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park
    580 feet
  3. Shiloh Garden
    600 feet
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  1. Feeding Tree Garden
    600 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    850 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Playground
    1,180 feet
  4. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Church the Nazarene House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Police Athletic League Wynn Center Community center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Quincy Street or Tompkins 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.