Barbey Street & Sunnyside Avenue

Barbey Street and Sunnyside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Upper Highland Playground is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Jamaica Av/Barbey St · Q56
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 garden and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Barbey Street & Sunnyside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 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

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 Jamaica Av/Barbey St, 380 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Barbey St Q56
    380 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Highland Blvd & Vermont Pl 24 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Highland Boulevard & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

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)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barbey Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Barbey Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sunnyside Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sunnyside Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    450 feet
  2. Highland Park Community Garden
    640 feet
  3. Upper Highland Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformation Lutheran Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. St Josephs Anglican Church Trinity Church East NY House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barbey Street or Sunnyside Avenue.

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