Bergen Street & Utica Avenue

Bergen Street and Utica Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Moses P. Cobb Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 190 feet to the 77th Precinct, and St. John's Park is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bergen St/Utica Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
33 places
20 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Utica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica 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. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.4 miles
    3 4

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/Utica Av, 40 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Utica Ave 20 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

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
76 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Moses P. Cobb Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 120 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Moses P. Cobb Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

South side of Bergen Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 339861.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School
    810 feet
  2. The Brooklyn Green School
    810 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woods Playground
    350 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    700 feet
  3. St. John's Park
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    940 feet
  2. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Imani II Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weeksville Heritage Center Historic site · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. International Christian Center House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsborough Community Center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. 77th Precinct Police station
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair 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 11 places to eat and ten 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 Utica 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.