Throop Avenue & Hopkins Street

Throop Avenue and Hopkins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Charlie's Place is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools, and 25 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Flushing Av/Throop Av · B43, B57
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Throop Avenue & Hopkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    900 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M
  2. Flushing Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Throop Av, 310 feet away, for the B43 and B57.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Throop Av B43, B57
    310 feet
    B43 B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …
  2. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Throop Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tompkins Ave & Hopkins St 19 docks in all
    860 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 201 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Hopkins Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hopkins Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Throop Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Beginning With Children Charter School
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    410 feet
  3. Uta 110 School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 059 the Dawn Best School
    870 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 2 School
    870 feet
  3. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    1,020 feet
  4. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlie's Place Playground
    400 feet
  2. Bartlett Playground
    770 feet
  3. Sumner Playground
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Community Center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and eight 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hopkins Street or Throop Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.