Bergen Street & Carlton Avenue

Bergen Street and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dean Playground is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 83 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
960 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bergen St/Carlton Av · B65
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    960 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    1,050 feet
    B Q
  2. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Carlton Av, 110 feet away, for the B65.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Carlton Av B65
    110 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street and Carlton Avenue.

  • 82 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Dean St 29 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    430 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 538 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 333 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    1,240 feet
  2. Design Works High School
    1,240 feet
  3. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dean Playground
    670 feet
  2. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    880 feet
  2. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 83 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Carlton Avenue.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.