Ralph Avenue & Sumpter Street

Ralph Avenue and Sumpter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 040 George W. Carver is 340 feet away, and Brevoort Community Center is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
240 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Ralph Av/Sumpter St · B47
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Sumpter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    240 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Sumpter St, 120 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sumpter St B47
    120 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ralph Ave & Fulton St 25 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 62 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    290 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    340 feet
  2. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brevoort Playground
    100 feet
  2. Carver Playground
    610 feet
  3. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brevoort Community Center
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    440 feet
  3. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ralph Avenue or Sumpter 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.