Herkimer Street & Saratoga Avenue

Herkimer Street and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ebenezer Baptist Church is 130 feet away, and Weeksville Playground is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Saratoga Av/Fulton St · B7
Within a walk
33 places
21 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    1,030 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
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Fulton St, 320 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Herkimer Street

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

East side of Saratoga Avenue

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

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 33 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    220 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    370 feet
  3. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marge Matthews Garden
    290 feet
  2. Saratoga Farm Garden
    320 feet
  3. Fish Playground
    380 feet
Show all 7
  1. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    850 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Weeksville Playground
    1,100 feet
  4. Phoenix Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    430 feet
  3. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herkimer Street or Saratoga 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.