Columbia Heights & Vine Street

Columbia Heights and Vine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. 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 30 feet away, and Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them parks, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Old Fulton St/Hicks St · B25
Within a walk
17 places
6 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbia Heights & 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 seven 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
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Hicks St, 740 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Old Fulton St 39 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 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 April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Heights

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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

Within 820 feet, 132 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Federal, and mostly built between 1834 and 1899.

  1. The Eagle Warehouse and Storage Company Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Marine Fire Boat Station Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,030 feet
  2. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,030 feet
  3. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Horizons at Dumbo Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hillside Dog Park
    30 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    360 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    360 feet
Show all 8
  1. Harry Chapin Playground
    420 feet
  2. Poplar Street Community Garden
    460 feet
  3. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    530 feet
  4. Anchorage Plaza
    780 feet
  5. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Dumbo Ferry Landing
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Columbia Heights or Vine 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.