Atlantic Avenue & Berriman Street

Atlantic Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Followers of Jesus School is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Atlantic Av/Berriman St · Q24
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Berriman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Berriman St, 160 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Berriman St Q24
    160 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 141 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Followers of Jesus School
    250 feet
  2. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    520 feet
  3. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    850 feet
  2. Essex Street Community Garden
    1,090 feet
  3. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Berriman Street.

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