Ralph Avenue & Quincy Street

Ralph Avenue and Quincy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about a minute on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Ralph Av/Broadway · B47
Within a walk
31 places
15 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Quincy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    290 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
    0.3 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/Broadway, 290 feet away, for the B47.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Broadway B47
    290 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grove St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 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
    820 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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
  • 1 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, August 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Quincy Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Quincy Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 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

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School
    310 feet
  2. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool
    350 feet
  3. Good Samaritan Fulton Day Care Center-Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Joy of Learning Day Care Center Preschool
    350 feet
  2. P.S. 309 the George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy School
    760 feet
  3. Uncommon Excellence Girls Charter School NYC School
    760 feet
  4. Yeshiva D'Nitra School
    1,080 feet
  5. Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology School
    1,240 feet
  6. Hospital Clinic Home Center Instructional Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  7. Kids-Centric, Inc Ace Integration School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Life Garden
    450 feet
  2. The People's Garden
    770 feet
  3. Gates Harvest Garden
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Patchen Avenue Garden
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. St Stephens & St Martins Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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