Sumpter Street & Patchen Avenue

Sumpter Street and Patchen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seasons of Vision Garden is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Fulton St/Buffalo Av · B25
Within a walk
28 places
13 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sumpter Street & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    1,090 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
    1,280 feet
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Buffalo Av, 440 feet away, for the B25.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Buffalo Av B25
    440 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sumpter St & Fulton St 19 docks in all
    190 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. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
50 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 in 1980.

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

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Patchen Avenue

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

North side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks School
    600 feet
  2. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seasons of Vision Garden
    520 feet
  2. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. Brevoort Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 8
  1. A Better Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  4. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    1,180 feet
  5. Garden of Plenty Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    1,280 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
    530 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 16 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 Patchen 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.