Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Vine Street meet at a five-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hillside Dog Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them parks, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
13 places
6 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine 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 six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 360 feet away, for the B25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Hicks St B25
    360 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

A ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound starts at this corner.

  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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of McKenny Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Vine Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Vine Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY TUESDAY THURSDAY SATU DAY

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 185 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal and Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1836 and 1899.

  1. Brooklyn Children's Aid Society Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,010 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hillside Dog Park
    50 feet
  2. Poplar Street Community Garden
    80 feet
  3. Anchorage Plaza
    400 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    740 feet
  2. Squibb Park
    740 feet
  3. Harry Chapin Playground
    800 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    910 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St Anns Warehouse Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, McKenny Street or Vine 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.