Herkimer Street & Williams Place

Herkimer Street and Williams Place meet at a four-way crossing 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. Calvary Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway Junction, is about three 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 120 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1921, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway Junction
820 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C, J, L, Z
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av · B111, T426
Within a walk
10 places
9 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Herkimer Street & Williams Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway Junction, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    820 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
    850 feet
    J Z
  2. Atlantic Av L
    1,230 feet
    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, 420 feet away, for the B111 and T426.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Van Sinderen Av B111, T426
    420 feet
    B111 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B111 …
  2. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Sinderen Ave & Atlantic Ave 22 docks in all
    590 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
    1,290 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 120 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1921.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • No parking 6 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Williams Place

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 9PM-7AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Williams Place

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 9PM-7AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Church House of worship
    180 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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 Williams Place.

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.