Tompkins Avenue & Hopkins Street

Tompkins Avenue and Hopkins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Charlie's Place is 140 feet away, and Greater Free Gift Baptist Church is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Tompkins Av/Flushing Av · B43
Within a walk
25 places
9 schools, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Hopkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    1,030 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Flushing Av, 170 feet away, for the B43.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Flushing Av B43
    170 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    790 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
14 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 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 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

East side of Tompkins Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    610 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School
    630 feet
Show all 12
  1. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    630 feet
  2. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Bais Ruchel High School
    890 feet
  4. P.S. 297 Abraham Stockton School
    970 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter-Myrtle Ave Middle School
    970 feet
  6. Uta 110 School
    1,060 feet
  7. The Williamsburg Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  8. P.S. 368 School
    1,150 feet
  9. Success Academy Charter School - Bed Stuy 1 School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlie's Place Playground
    140 feet
  2. Bartlett Playground
    660 feet
  3. Stockton Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Free Gift Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tompkins Community Center
    840 feet
  2. Marcy Community Center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 230 Fire station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hopkins Street or Tompkins 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.