Cadman Plaza West & Middagh Street

Cadman Plaza West and Middagh Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The bust “William Jay Gaynor Memorial” is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them parks, and 26 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St · B25
Within a walk
15 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cadman Plaza West & Middagh Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    230 feet
    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
    1,180 feet
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St, 130 feet away, for the B25.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St B25 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Middagh St 34 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are 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 167 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cadman Plaza West

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cadman Plaza West

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342437 and 342654.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 122 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1840 and 1899.

  1. District School No. 8 Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. 84th Police Precinct Designated landmark
    440 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory Designated landmark
    470 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Cadman Plaza Park.

  1. William Jay Gaynor Memorial Bust by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1926
    180 feet
  2. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    720 feet
  3. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cadman Plaza Park
    50 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    390 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hillside Dog Park
    980 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    530 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Landmark · listed historic place
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn Bridge, Cadman Plaza West or Middagh Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.