Atlantic Avenue & Highland Place

Atlantic Avenue and Highland Place meet at a three-way junction in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 650 feet away, and City Line Park is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about five 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 11 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Atlantic Av/Berriman St · Q24
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Highland Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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, 50 feet away, for the Q24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    1,020 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. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    850 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015

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)
East New York (North)
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8AM

East side of Highland Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Highland Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Followers of Jesus School
    380 feet
  2. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    980 feet
  2. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Essex Street Community Garden
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. City Line Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Highland Place.

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