Herkimer Street & Dewey Place

Herkimer Street and Dewey Place meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Brooklyn Reformed Church is 100 feet away, and Fish Playground is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Fulton St/Howard Av · B25
Within a walk
29 places
18 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Dewey Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    1,220 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Howard Av, 640 feet away, for the B25.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Howard Av B25
    640 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Saratoga Ave 19 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 257 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

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 May 2018 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dewey Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Dewey Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    730 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    880 feet
  3. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marge Matthews Garden
    430 feet
  2. Weeksville Playground
    590 feet
  3. Saratoga Farm Garden
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fish Playground
    890 feet
  2. South Pacific Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Carver Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    400 feet
  3. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and ten 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 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.