Atlantic Avenue & Hoyt Street

Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph stands 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
590 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Atlantic Av/Hoyt St · B63, B65
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    590 feet
    A C G

Next trains at this station

Westbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …
Queens
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    1,070 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Hoyt St, 110 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Hoyt St B63, B65 · Countdown sign
    110 feet
    B63 B65
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Street.

  • 99 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Hoyt St 77 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Turn calming, February 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 74 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313639, 329959 and 342424.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 23 Individual Landmarks, and 233 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1873.

  1. Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. Cuyler Presbyterian Chapel Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sterling School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    620 feet
  3. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 8
  1. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    920 feet
  2. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. St Francis College
    1,130 feet
  5. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  3. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Hoyt Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.