Willoughby Avenue & Taaffe Place

Willoughby Avenue and Taaffe Place meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Marys Episcopal Church is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Classon Av/Willoughby Av · B48
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Taaffe Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Willoughby Av, 410 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Willoughby Av B48
    410 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Emerson Pl & Myrtle Ave 63 docks in all
    1,090 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. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    1,000 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
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Taaffe Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Taaffe Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 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

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built in 1907.

  1. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building) Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. Pratt Row Houses Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Engine Room Building) Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ohel Elozer School
    430 feet
  2. Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) School
    590 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service School
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hamaspik School (The) School
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    1,160 feet
  3. United Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  4. Billy Martin Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    320 feet
  2. Star Spangled Playground
    410 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Taaffe Playground
    700 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 88th Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Taaffe Place or Willoughby 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.