Bergen Street & Smith Street

Bergen Street and Smith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Boerum Park Playground is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Smith St/Bergen St · B57, B65
Within a walk
22 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    50 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.4 miles
    A C G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Bergen St, 110 feet away, for the B57 and B65.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Bergen St B57, B65
    110 feet
    B57 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Smith St 48 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bergen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300673 and 303522.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 106 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    720 feet
  3. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    760 feet
Show all 11
  1. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    840 feet
  4. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  5. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    870 feet
  6. Sterling School
    890 feet
  7. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  8. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    950 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    1,030 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Smith Street.

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