Herkimer Street & Hunterfly Place

Herkimer Street and Hunterfly Place meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. A Better Community Garden is 40 feet away, and Fulton Park is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1974 and 1982, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
670 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Utica Av/Fulton St · B46
Within a walk
25 places
13 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Hunterfly Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    670 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Fulton St, 700 feet away, for the B46.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Fulton St B46 · Shelter
    700 feet
    B46
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Utica Ave 19 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1974 and 1982.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

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

South side of Herkimer Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Hunterfly Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Hunterfly Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Eight buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1884 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave School
    1,080 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. A Better Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. Garden of Plenty Garden
    330 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    970 feet
Show all 8
  1. Seasons of Vision Garden
    410 feet
  2. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    1,090 feet
  4. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    1,250 feet
  5. Fulton Park
    1,290 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fulton Park Plaza Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

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.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.