Harman Street & Cypress Avenue

Harman Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 firehouse is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Seneca Av/Bleecker St · B38
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Harman Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/Bleecker St, 950 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Bleecker St B38
    950 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Harman Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harman St & Seneca Ave 19 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Harman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Harman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    670 feet
  2. Learners and Leaders School
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue West Historic District Listed historic place
    300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 14 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 Cypress Avenue or Harman Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.