Bergen Street & Albany Avenue

Bergen Street and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) is 290 feet away, and Albany Community Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Bergen St/Albany Av · B65
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Albany Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Albany Av, 100 feet away, for the B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Albany Av B65
    100 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Kingston Ave 22 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development.

Since 2014 at least 12 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
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 214 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1891 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Health Careers School
    290 feet
  2. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    290 feet
  3. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
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  1. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    600 feet
  2. Little Me Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Playground
    620 feet
  2. St. John's Park
    820 feet
  3. St. John's Playground
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet
  2. Albany Community Center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Bergen Street.

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