Highland Boulevard & Heath Place

Highland Boulevard and Heath Place meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Jamaica Av/Miller Av · Q56
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Highland Boulevard & Heath Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Miller Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q56.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Miller Av Q56
    0.3 miles
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Heath Place and Highland Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Highland Blvd & Bulwer Pl 18 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Highland Boulevard & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
157 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    60 feet
  2. Upper Highland Playground
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highland Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.