Herkimer Street & Sackman Street

Herkimer Street and Sackman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Church is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about four minutes on foot, for the A, C, J, L and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
990 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Fulton St/Sackman St · B25
Within a walk
11 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    990 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. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

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/Sackman St, 380 feet away, for the B25.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Sackman St B25
    380 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herkimer St & Eastern Pkwy 20 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
78 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.

Since 2014 at least 458 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

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

East side of Sackman Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Sackman Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./ I.S. 155 Nicholas Herkimer School
    830 feet
  2. Imagine Me Leadership Charter School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. New Hope Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 or Sackman 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.