Atlantic Avenue & Nevins Street

Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 72 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,596 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. North Pacific Playground is 360 feet away, and Fox Square Plaza is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
72 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Atlantic Av/Nevins St · B63, B65
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    1,090 feet
    2 3 4 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    1,310 feet
    A C G
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    B Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Work & Nature” (1997) by Anton van Dalen at the Nevins St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Nevins St, 80 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Nevins St B63, B65 · Shelter
    80 feet
    B63 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 82 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Nevins St 18 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 72 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 36 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015
  • Turn calming, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,596 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 338th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 826 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
37 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 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 327 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Nevins Street (west side).

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nevins Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309355, 309607 and 329267.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 166 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Modified Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1856.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 career or business center
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    450 feet
  3. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    980 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,210 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Pacific Playground
    360 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    540 feet
  3. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    830 feet
  3. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    120 feet
  2. Times Plaza Post Office
    920 feet
  3. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Nevins Street.

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