Halsey Street & Saratoga Avenue

Halsey Street and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Saratoga Park is 50 feet away, and P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Saratoga Av/Halsey St · B7
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Halsey Street & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St J
    590 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Gates Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOL'SCRYPTT” (2008) by SOL'SAX at the Halsey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Halsey St, 40 feet away, for the B7.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Halsey St B7 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Halsey St & Broadway 20 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1534 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 134 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and November 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Halsey Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Saratoga Square Park.

  1. Saratoga Park Memorial Sculpture by James S.J. Novelli and Anatoly Mikhailov, 1921
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. People's Elementary School
    730 feet
  2. Traditional Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Saratoga Park
    50 feet
  2. Saratoga Park Playground
    640 feet
  3. Umoja Garden
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saratoga Library
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Seventh Day Church of God House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Saratoga Village Community Center
    270 feet
  2. Older adult center at 930 Halsey Street Older adult center
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Halsey Street or Saratoga Avenue.

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