Bergen Street & Court Street

Bergen Street and Court Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Court St/Amity St · B57
Within a walk
24 places
7 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Court Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    850 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Amity St, 100 feet away, for the B57.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Amity St B57
    100 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bergen Street and Court Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Court Street (west side).

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Court Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300034 and 300588.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 269 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1872.

  1. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    120 feet
  2. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. St. Paul's School Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    170 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    300 feet
  3. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    470 feet
Show all 13
  1. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  5. Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School
    1,150 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - Cobble Hill School
    1,150 feet
  7. The Boerum Hill School for International Studies School
    1,150 feet
  8. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  9. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,230 feet
  10. Petits Poussins Carroll Gardens Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    690 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    900 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    180 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    380 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Court 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.