Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Atlantic Avenue and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Exit 27) meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run is 600 feet away, and Grace Church Brooklyn Heights is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Columbia St/Atlantic Av · B61
Within a walk
19 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Columbia St/Atlantic Av, 460 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Columbia St/Atlantic Av B61
    460 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the eastern redbud.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 309 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. 1st Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. The Polhemus Building Designated landmark
    740 feet
  3. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 1 dog run
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. MS Lam Montessori School
    180 feet
  2. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    360 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Kinder Prep Childcare 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  4. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  5. Kinder Prep Childcare and Enrichment Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Voorhees Playground
    90 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park
    170 feet
  3. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    680 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Zone 6 Playground
    840 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    360 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other places

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Ferry Landing
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Sources: 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.