Herkimer Street & Roosevelt Place

Herkimer Street and Roosevelt Place meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
770 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Saratoga Av/Fulton St · B7
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Roosevelt Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    770 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Fulton St, 580 feet away, for the B7.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Fulton St B7
    580 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.5 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 three 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 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 December 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Herkimer Street

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

East side of Roosevelt Place

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

West side of Roosevelt Place

  • No parking 3 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 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    100 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    110 feet
  3. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fish Playground
    130 feet
  2. Marge Matthews Garden
    540 feet
  3. Saratoga Farm Garden
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. Phoenix Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    1,100 feet
  3. Hilltop Playground
    1,290 feet
  4. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    380 feet
  3. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    690 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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