Herkimer Street & Van Sinderen Avenue

Herkimer Street and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about two minutes on foot, for the A, C, J, L and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, nine of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
600 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av · T430
Within a walk
10 places
9 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    600 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. Alabama Av J, Z
    1,100 feet
    J Z
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

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/Van Sinderen Av, 300 feet away, for the T430.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av T430
    300 feet
    T430

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Sinderen Ave & Atlantic Ave 22 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    2.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Callahan-Kelly Playground
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    100 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herkimer Street or Van Sinderen Avenue.

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.