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How walkable is Bedford–Stuyvesant?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Bedford–Stuyvesant has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brooklyn, which scores 92 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,593 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bedford–Stuyvesant. The nearest grocery is Adels International Supermarket, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Chicky's General Store4 min
- Brooklyn - Tompkins Ave4 min
- A Fei1 min
- Fish & Amp Chips1 min
- Naketas Boutique4 min
- Courtney Washington Dress Shop4 min
- Corto4 min
- Brown Butter Craft Bar and Kitchen4 min
- Concord FCU9 min
- Carver Federal Savings Bank9 min
- Unnamed park5 min
- Israel Putnam Playground5 min
- P.S. 044 The Marcus Garvey School of Engineering and Design6 min
- Unity Prep Charter School - Middle School6 min
- The Word Is Change6 min
- Dear Friend Books7 min
- The Billie Holiday Theatre10 min
- BrownstoneJAZZ10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bedford–Stuyvesant at 40.6834, -73.9412. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 60 street intersections per km², and blocks average 145 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Bedford–Stuyvesant
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.5 km around the centre of Bedford–Stuyvesant. Rings mark 750 m and 1.5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brooklyn
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Heights | 1.8 km | 94 |
| Downtown Brooklyn | 3.9 km | 100 |
| Park Slope | 4.1 km | 96 |
| Brooklyn Heights | 4.8 km | 99 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brooklyn page.
Questions about walking in Bedford–Stuyvesant
Is Bedford–Stuyvesant walkable?
Yes. Bedford–Stuyvesant in Brooklyn has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Bedford–Stuyvesant more walkable than the rest of Brooklyn?
Bedford–Stuyvesant is about as walkable as Brooklyn as a whole: it scores 94, against 92 for the 5 km around Brooklyn's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Brooklyn neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Brooklyn?
Of the 5 Brooklyn neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Downtown Brooklyn (100), Brooklyn Heights (99) and Park Slope (96).
How is the walkability score of Bedford–Stuyvesant calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Bedford–Stuyvesant it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.5 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.