Eastern Parkway & Somers Street

Eastern Parkway and Somers Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Hope Pentecostal Church is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, C, J, L and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Broadway/Eastern Pkwy · Q24
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastern Parkway & Somers Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    1,070 feet
    A C J L Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …
Outbound
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn, New Morning” (2001) by Al Loving at the Broadway Junction station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Eastern Pkwy, 410 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Eastern Pkwy Q24
    410 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Somers St & Broadway 29 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 107 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 10AM-4PM

North side of Somers Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Somers Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Me Leadership Charter School
    550 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Broadway-Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Bushwick Ascend Middle School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./ I.S. 155 Nicholas Herkimer School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    350 feet
  2. Betty's Community Garden at Hull Street Garden
    940 feet
  3. Thomas Boyland Park
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Infant Jesus Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Pentecostal Church House of worship
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Eastern Parkway or Somers 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.