Hemlock Street & Danforth Street

Hemlock Street and Danforth Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park Community School is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Cypress Hills, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1905 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cypress Hills
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Crescent St/Etna St · B13
Within a walk
5 places
3 schools and 2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hemlock Street & Danforth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cypress Hills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Crescent St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Cypress Hills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Etna St, 440 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Etna St B13
    440 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 794 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Danforth Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Danforth Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Highland Park Community School
    1,040 feet
  2. I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln School
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. East New York Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Danforth Street or Hemlock Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.