Bergen Street & Saratoga Avenue

Bergen Street and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Farmers Garden is 510 feet away, and Ocean Hill Playground is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Saratoga Av/Dean St · B7
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Dean St, 190 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Dean St B7
    190 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Saratoga Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 348 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    720 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    1,090 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Farmers Garden
    510 feet
  2. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    600 feet
  3. Hilltop Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. South Pacific Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Marge Matthews Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Saratoga 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.