Remsen Avenue & Bedell Lane

Remsen Avenue and Bedell Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Explore Excel Charter School is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, is 310 feet away for the B17, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

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Remsen Avenue & Bedell Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, 310 feet away, for the B17.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/Farragut Rd B17
    310 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 971 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    390 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
42
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the hedge maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bedell Lane

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-2PM

South side of Bedell Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Remsen Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Remsen Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Explore Excel Charter School
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Remsen Playground
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    1,130 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.