Tompkins Avenue & Van Buren Street

Tompkins Avenue and Van Buren Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Herbert Von King Park is 30 feet away, and All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Tompkins Av/Lafayette Av · B43
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Van Buren Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

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

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Lafayette Av B43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Tompkins Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kosciuszko St & Tompkins Ave 18 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 775 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 154 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 July 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Van Buren Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and built between 1880 and 1885.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herbert Von King Park
    30 feet
  2. Herbert Von King Park Playground
    160 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Herban Farm Garden
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. First Quincy Street Community Garden
    730 feet
  2. Banneker Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Hattie Carthan Community Garden
    1,110 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Herbert von King Cultural Arts Center Arts or cultural center
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Pisgah Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. All Peoples Church of the Apostolic Faith House of worship
    1,150 feet
  3. St Philips Christian Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. 79th Precinct Police station
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Tompkins Avenue or Van Buren Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.