Ralph Avenue & Bainbridge Street

Ralph Avenue and Bainbridge Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 040 George W. Carver is 860 feet away, and Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Bainbridge St · B47
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Bainbridge Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    1,050 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Bainbridge St, 110 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Bainbridge St B47
    110 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Patchen Ave & Bainbridge St 19 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
44 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bainbridge Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bainbridge Street

  • Back-in parking only 10 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 8 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    860 feet
  3. Stuyvesant Heights Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brevoort Playground
    360 feet
  2. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    860 feet
  3. Carver Playground
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Westminster Bethany Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brevoort Community Center
    980 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 Bainbridge Street or Ralph 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.