Herkimer Street & Rochester Avenue

Herkimer Street and Rochester Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Fellowship AME Church is 100 feet away, and Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Fulton St/Utica Av · B25, T440
Within a walk
28 places
15 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Rochester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    960 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
    0.3 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 Fulton St/Utica Av, 650 feet away, for the B25 and T440.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Utica Av B25, T440 · Countdown sign
    650 feet
    B25 T440
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sumpter St & Fulton St 19 docks in all
    730 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
    460 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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 63 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 8 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Rochester Avenue

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

West side of Rochester Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Center for Child Dev Atlantic Ave School
    790 feet
  2. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seasons of Vision Garden
    120 feet
  2. A Better Community Garden
    260 feet
  3. F.A.R.R. Community Garden
    260 feet
Show all 7
  1. Garden of Plenty Garden
    410 feet
  2. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    900 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    910 feet
  4. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fulton Park Plaza Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsborough Community Center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 or Rochester Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.