Brooklyn Avenue & Herkimer Street

Brooklyn Avenue and Herkimer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church is 690 feet away, and Her-King Alagantic Community Garden is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
960 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Brooklyn Av/Fulton St · B43
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Herkimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    960 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brooklyn Av/Fulton St, 170 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Av/Fulton St B43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Herkimer St 24 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    400 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Herkimer Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO CITY COUNCIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO COMMUNITY BOARD MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 70 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1882 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    810 feet
  3. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    870 feet
  2. Restoration Academy School
    870 feet
  3. Achievement First Brooklyn High School
    1,120 feet
  4. Achievement First Charter School 11 School
    1,120 feet
  5. Uncommon Charter High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Andrew's Playground
    310 feet
  2. Potomac Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    690 feet
  3. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Herkimer 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.