Ralph Avenue & Jefferson Avenue

Ralph Avenue and Jefferson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy is 860 feet away, and Welcome Home Garden is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 24 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Jefferson Av · B47
Within a walk
38 places
24 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Jefferson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    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. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    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 Ralph Av/Jefferson Av, 110 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Jefferson Av B47
    110 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Ralph Ave 20 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1925.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

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

South side of Jefferson Avenue

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

East side of Ralph Avenue

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

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 3 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 38 public places.

  • 24 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 005 Dr. Ronald McNair School
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    860 feet
  2. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    980 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    1,030 feet
  4. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  5. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Halsey Ralph & Howard Community Garden
    590 feet
  2. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    910 feet
  3. New Madison Harvest Community Garden
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Welcome Home Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Patchen Community Square Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethenia Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 Jefferson Avenue or Ralph Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.