Henry Street & State Street

Henry Street and State Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Charles Borromeo Parochial School stands 540 feet away, and Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Atlantic Av/Henry St · B61, B63
Within a walk
24 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & State Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Henry St, 280 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Henry St B61, B63
    280 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane 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 & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Henry Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Henry Street

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of State Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of State Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 7 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 518 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. St. Charles Borromeo Parochial School Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo Rectory Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. St. Charles Orthopedic Hospital Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. MS Lam Montessori School
    710 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    750 feet
  2. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. St. Ann's Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  4. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  5. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,190 feet
  6. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Adam Yauch Park
    760 feet
  2. Adam Yauch Park Playground
    760 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adam Yauch Playground Dog Run
    950 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    740 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Charles Borromeo Church Landmark
    830 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,180 feet
  2. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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