Bergen Street & Nevins Street

Bergen Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. David Foulke Memorial Garden is 60 feet away, and the Engine 226 firehouse is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about seven minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Bergen St/3 Av · B65
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/3 Av, 660 feet away, for the B65.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/3 Av B65
    660 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Nevins St 18 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 290 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1852 and 1871.

  1. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    550 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    60 feet
  2. North Pacific Playground
    770 feet
  3. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    670 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    670 feet
  3. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and five 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 Nevins 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, 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.