Bergen Street & Eastern Parkway

Bergen Street and Eastern Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church is 430 feet away, and Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy · B60
Within a walk
23 places
16 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Eastern Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy, 380 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Eastern Pkwy B60
    380 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & St Marks Ave 23 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 323 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    1,030 feet
  3. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ocean Hill Playground
    430 feet
  2. Howard Pool Park
    800 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    360 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Bergen Street or Eastern Parkway.

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