Henry Street & Middagh Street

Henry Street and Middagh Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 205/Ladder 118 firehouse is 140 feet away, and District School No. 8 stands 180 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them parks, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
450 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St · B25
Within a walk
18 places
5 parks, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Middagh Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    450 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    960 feet
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St, 290 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Middagh St B25 · Shelter
    290 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Henry Street.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Middagh St 34 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Henry Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Henry Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Middagh Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342584.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 181 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1839 and 1899.

  1. District School No. 8 Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. 84th Police Precinct Designated landmark
    260 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Cadman Plaza Park.

  1. William Jay Gaynor Memorial Bust by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1926
    390 feet
  2. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    150 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    510 feet
  3. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cadman Plaza Park
    270 feet
  2. Anchorage Plaza
    420 feet
  3. Poplar Street Community Garden
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hillside Dog Park
    760 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    860 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    1,040 feet
  4. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    310 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Henry Street or Middagh 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.