Vernon Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue

Vernon Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. John the Baptist Community Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle Av, is about a minute on foot, for the J, M and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle Av
380 feet · 1 min on foot · J, M, Z
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Broadway/Myrtle Av · T432
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vernon Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle Av, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle Av J, M, Z
    380 feet
    J M Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Kosciuszko St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Jammin' Under the EL” (1999) by Verna Hart at the Myrtle Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Myrtle Av, 150 feet away, for the T432.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Myrtle Av T432
    150 feet
    T432

Next buses at this stop

  1. T432 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stuyvesant Ave & Hart St 27 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 231 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Vernon Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John the Baptist Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. Beattie Square
    50 feet
  3. Miraflores Community Garden
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lewis Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Freedom Triangle
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John the Baptist RC Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Brooklyn Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Roosevelt Community Center
    720 feet
  2. Older adult center at 400 Hart Street Older adult center
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 46 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Stuyvesant Avenue or Vernon Avenue.

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