Bergen Street & Troy Avenue

Bergen Street and Troy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. John's Playground is 380 feet away, and St Johns Recreation Center is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bergen St/Troy Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Troy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Troy Av, 40 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Troy Av B15, B65 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B15 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Troy Ave 22 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
78 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Albany II development.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Me Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  2. Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 243k- the Weeksville School
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Academy for Health Careers School
    1,050 feet
  3. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    1,050 feet
  4. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  5. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    60 feet
  2. St. John's Playground
    380 feet
  3. Harmony Park
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    1,170 feet
  3. Imani II Community Garden
    1,250 feet
  4. St. Mark's Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Center House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albany Community Center
    670 feet
  2. St Johns Recreation Center
    730 feet
  3. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Troy 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.