Willoughby Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Star Spangled Playground is 130 feet away, and Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Bedford-Nostrand Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bedford-Nostrand Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Franklin Av/Willoughby Av · B48
Within a walk
22 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bedford-Nostrand Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Willoughby Av, 120 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Willoughby Av B48 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue and Willoughby Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) School
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service School
    480 feet
  3. Hamaspik School (The) School
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Bnos Chayil School
    720 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  4. Bnos Square of Williamsburg School
    910 feet
  5. Baybeehive Dekalb Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  6. Ohel Elozer School
    1,040 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Star Spangled Playground
    130 feet
  2. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    320 feet
  3. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    880 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    960 feet
  2. Spencer St Block Association Garden
    1,250 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    1,250 feet
  4. Taaffe Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

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