Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Columbia Heights

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Columbia Heights meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hillside Dog Park is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
18 places
7 parks, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Columbia Heights Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 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. High St 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. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 1,250 feet away, for the B25.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    1,250 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbia Heights & Cranberry St 37 docks in all
    130 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 137 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 207 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1837 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    830 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    850 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Squibb Park
    20 feet
  2. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    30 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    40 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hillside Dog Park
    180 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    530 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    590 feet
  4. Poplar Street Community Garden
    680 feet
  5. Fort Stirling Park
    840 feet
  6. Anchorage Plaza
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    850 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Columbia Heights.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.