Herkimer Street & St Andrews Place

Herkimer Street and St Andrews Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Andrew's Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
700 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Brooklyn Av/Fulton St · B43
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & St Andrews Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    700 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brooklyn Av/Fulton St, 440 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brooklyn Av/Fulton St B43 · Shelter
    440 feet
    B43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Herkimer St 24 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of St Andrews Place

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

West side of St Andrews Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 126 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1886 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brooklyn High School
    860 feet
  2. Achievement First Charter School 11 School
    860 feet
  3. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 9
  1. Uncommon Charter High School
    860 feet
  2. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    1,080 feet
  3. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  4. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    1,140 feet
  5. Restoration Academy School
    1,140 feet
  6. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Andrew's Playground
    40 feet
  2. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    970 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    780 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.