Bergen Street & Rogers Avenue

Bergen Street and Rogers Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grant Gore is 50 feet away, and the Union League Club stands 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Bedford Av/Bergen St · B49
Within a walk
25 places
12 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Rogers Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Bergen St, 220 feet away, for the B49.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Bergen St B49
    220 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Rogers Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Bergen St 24 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 107 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Rogers Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Rogers Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 69 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1892.

  1. The Union League Club Designated landmark
    210 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Grant Square Gore.

  1. Ulysses Simpson Grant Statue by William Ordway Partridge, 1896
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights School
    1,230 feet
  3. The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence School
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 138 Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grant Gore Park
    50 feet
  2. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    370 feet
  3. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    910 feet
  2. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    160 feet
  2. Twenty-Third Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    200 feet
  3. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 12 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 Rogers Avenue.

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