Herkimer Street & Howard Avenue

Herkimer Street and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ebenezer Baptist Church is 660 feet away, and Sumpter Street Community Garden is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Fulton St/Howard Av · B25
Within a walk
29 places
16 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    970 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, 380 feet away, for the B25.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Saratoga Ave 19 docks in all
    1,030 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
79 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 305 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    990 feet
  3. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    1,140 feet
  2. Shirley Chisholm Day Care Center #1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Weeksville Playground
    330 feet
  2. Marge Matthews Garden
    690 feet
  3. South Pacific Playground
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Carver Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Saratoga Farm Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Fish Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herkimer Street or Howard Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.