Henry Street & Montague Street

Henry Street and Montague Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy is 300 feet away, and Columbus Park is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
460 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
1,260 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Montague St · B52, B103
Within a walk
36 places
10 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Montague Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    460 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    1,120 feet
    2 3
  2. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Montague St, 1,260 feet away, for the B52 and B103.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Montague St B52, B103
    1,260 feet
    B52 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Henry Street.

  • 72 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Remsen St 23 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 82 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Montague Street (south side).

East side of Henry Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Montague Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300082, 300083 and 342738.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 401 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1845 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Church Parish Hall Designated landmark
    350 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Church Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    300 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
Show all 16
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    580 feet
  4. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  5. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    780 feet
  6. Saint Ann's School
    840 feet
  7. New Allen School Trade or language school
    930 feet
  8. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  9. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  10. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  11. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  12. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,090 feet
  13. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,120 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Library
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral Landmark
    190 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    330 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    430 feet
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  1. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    830 feet
  4. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    880 feet
  5. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    470 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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