Bergen Street & Franklin Avenue

Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Temple Church God is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Franklin Av/Bergen St · B48
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Park Pl, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    1,020 feet
    S

Next trains at this station

Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Units of the Free” (1999) by Isha Shabaka at the Park Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Bergen St, 50 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Bergen St B48 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Franklin Ave 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

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 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Interfaith Med Ctr School of Nursing College
    1,100 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Grant Gore Park
    880 feet
  3. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    950 feet
  3. Twenty-Third Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Franklin Avenue.

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