Bergen Street & Washington Avenue

Bergen Street and Washington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Underhill Plaza is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Washington Av/Bergen St · B45
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bergen Street & Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Park Pl S
    0.5 miles
    S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Bergen St, 110 feet away, for the B45.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Bergen St B45
    110 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street and Washington Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Bergen St 25 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    590 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1889 and 1893.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    750 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lowry Triangle
    740 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Washington 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.