Willoughby Avenue & Kent Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Kent Avenue 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. Myrtle Village Green is 80 feet away, and Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Franklin Av/Willoughby Av · B48
Within a walk
19 places
8 schools, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Kent Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Classon Av 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. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Willoughby Av, 470 feet away, for the B48.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & Myrtle Ave 27 docks in all
    1,020 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. 895 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Kent Avenue

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

West side of Kent Avenue

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

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Moderne. They were built between 1858 and 1932.

  1. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building) Designated landmark
    750 feet
  2. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Engine Room Building) Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) School
    350 feet
  2. Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service School
    350 feet
  3. Ohel Elozer School
    670 feet
Show all 10
  1. Hamaspik School (The) School
    890 feet
  2. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    1,010 feet
  4. Bnos Chayil School
    1,080 feet
  5. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    1,160 feet
  6. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  7. Bnos Square of Williamsburg School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    80 feet
  2. Star Spangled Playground
    170 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. Taaffe Playground
    940 feet
  2. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Target Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue Block Association) Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade 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 16 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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