Atlantic Avenue & Hendrix Street

Atlantic Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Ascend CS MS is 470 feet away, and P.S. 089 Cypress Hills is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Atlantic Av/Hendrix St · Q24, T340, T430, T434
Within a walk
24 places
14 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    780 feet
    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. Van Siclen Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Hendrix St, 110 feet away, for the Q24, T340, T430 and T434.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Hendrix St Q24, T340, T430, T434 · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    Q24 T340 T430 T434
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …
  3. T430 …
  4. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schenck Ave & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

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

East side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance / Romanesque Revival, and built between 1906 and 1907.

  1. Empire State Dairy Company Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Baybee Lounge Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    290 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Ascend CS MS School
    470 feet
  3. P.S. 290 Juan Morel Campos School
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 089 Cypress Hills School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Escape to Nature Garden
    920 feet
  2. Clara's Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. East End Community Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Herbal Garden of East New York Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    1,180 feet
  3. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 Atlantic Avenue or Hendrix Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.