Herkimer Street & Buffalo Avenue

Herkimer Street and Buffalo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. F.A.R.R. Community Garden is 550 feet away, and A Better Community Garden is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Fulton St/Buffalo Av · B25
Within a walk
29 places
14 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Buffalo Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    1,060 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Buffalo Av, 410 feet away, for the B25.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Buffalo Av B25
    410 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sumpter St & Fulton St 19 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 2007.

Since 2014 at least 82 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    630 feet
  3. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave School
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    550 feet
  2. Seasons of Vision Garden
    770 feet
  3. A Better Community Garden
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brevoort Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Garden of Plenty Garden
    1,180 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brevoort Community Center
    950 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    950 feet
  3. Older adult center at 447 Kingsborough 4 Walk Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    500 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buffalo Avenue or Herkimer Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.