Hoyt Street & Schermerhorn Street

Hoyt Street and Schermerhorn Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center is 640 feet away, and Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
80 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C, G
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Livingston St/Hoyt St · B41, B45, B67, B93 +2
Within a walk
36 places
8 religious buildings, 7 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hoyt Street & Schermerhorn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    80 feet
    A C G

Next trains at this station

Westbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …
Queens
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt St 2, 3
    560 feet
    2 3
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,240 feet
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Hoyt St, 300 feet away, for the B41, B45, B67, B93 and two more.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Hoyt St B41, B45, B67, B93 +2 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B41 B45 B67 B93 B103 T440
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B45 …
  3. B67 …
  4. B93 …
  5. B103 …
  6. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hoyt Street and Schermerhorn Street.

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 12 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schermerhorn St & Hoyt St 60 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 217 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Hoyt Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYS DEPT OF LABOR MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 7 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 25 Individual Landmarks, and 75 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1877.

  1. A. I. Namm & Son Department Store Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph Designated landmark
    660 feet
  3. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 career or business centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    410 feet
  2. St Francis College
    620 feet
  3. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,020 feet
Show all 17
  1. Petits Poussins Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  4. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  5. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  6. Sterling School
    1,080 feet
  7. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    1,130 feet
  8. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  9. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,170 feet
  10. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  11. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  12. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  13. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  14. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    900 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Cuyler Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. New York Transit Museum
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    640 feet
  2. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    800 feet
  3. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hoyt Street or Schermerhorn Street.

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