Broadway & Covert Street

Broadway and Covert Street meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seventh Day Church of God is 300 feet away, and the Engine 233/Ladder 176 firehouse is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
680 feet · 3 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Broadway/Schaeffer St · Q24
Within a walk
26 places
14 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Covert Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    680 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    860 feet
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Schaeffer St, 180 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Schaeffer St Q24
    180 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Macon St 21 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73 and 83 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Broadway (west side).

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Covert Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Covert Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 320317 and 320653.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Superior Day Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. GSS 319 Stanhope Child and Family Center Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 721 Decatur Street Community Garden
    780 feet
  2. Moffat Street Community Garden
    970 feet
  3. Moffat Garden
    990 feet
Show all 7
  1. Evergreen Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Cooper Street Block Buster Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Cooper Street Community Garden
    1,160 feet
  4. Saratoga Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 233/Ladder 176 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or Covert Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.