Herkimer Street & Havens Place

Herkimer Street and Havens Place meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Church is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about three minutes on foot, for the A, C, J, L and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
850 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av · T430
Within a walk
10 places
9 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Havens Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    850 feet
    A C J L Z

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …
Outbound
5 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. J …
  4. L …
  5. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn, New Morning” (2001) by Al Loving at the Broadway Junction station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av, 550 feet away, for the T430.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av T430
    550 feet
    T430

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Sinderen Ave & Atlantic Ave 22 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 250 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Havens Place

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

West side of Havens Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    330 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.