Hemlock Street & Kiely Place

Hemlock Street and Kiely Place meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Crescent St/Ridgewood Av · B13
Within a walk
8 places
5 schools, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hemlock Street & Kiely Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    1,280 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cypress Hills J
    0.3 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Ridgewood Av, 480 feet away, for the B13.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Ridgewood Av B13
    480 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 1 mile 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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 March 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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Kiely Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kiely Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Highland Park Community School
    870 feet
  2. I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln School
    870 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 17 School
    1,170 feet
Show all 6
  1. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 18 School
    1,170 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  3. P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. East New York Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 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 ten 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hemlock Street or Kiely Place.

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.