Bergen Street & Hoyt Street

Bergen Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Boerum Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills is 580 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 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
670 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bergen St/Hoyt St · B65
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 670 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
    670 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. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.3 miles
    A C G
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

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

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Hoyt St B65
    110 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street and Hoyt Street.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Hoyt St 77 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

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

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Boerum Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 326 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1873.

  1. Cuyler Presbyterian Chapel Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    580 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Sterling School
    980 feet
  4. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    1,130 feet
  5. New Dawn Charter High School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    450 feet
  2. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    460 feet
  3. Boerum Park
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Boerum Park Playground
    850 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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