Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Middagh Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Middagh Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner stands inside Harry Chapin Playground and lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hotel Margaret stands 410 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Old Fulton St/Henry St · B25
Within a walk
19 places
8 parks, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Middagh Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five 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/Henry St, 1,160 feet away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Henry St B25
    1,160 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2016.

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

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 154 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 mostly built between 1836 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Plymouth Church Parish House Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

This corner stands inside Harry Chapin Playground.

Schools and child care

  1. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    690 feet
  2. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harry Chapin Playground
    surrounds this corner
  2. Hillside Dog Park
    60 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    130 feet
Show all 10
  1. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    180 feet
  2. Poplar Street Community Garden
    520 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    690 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    740 feet
  5. Fort Stirling Park
    1,000 feet
  6. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,180 feet
  7. Anchorage Plaza
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,210 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Middagh Street.

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.