Humboldt Street & Boerum Street

Humboldt Street and Boerum Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden is 900 feet away, and Bushwick/Hylan Community Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Johnson Av/Humboldt St · B60
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Boerum Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av L
    970 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Humboldt St, 360 feet away, for the B60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Johnson Av/Humboldt St B60
    360 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seigel St & Humboldt St 42 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
90
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza I development.

Since 2014 at least 149 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Boerum Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built in 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brownsville Collegiate Charter School
    1,070 feet
  2. Creative Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunshine Community Garden
    890 feet
  2. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    950 feet
  2. Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin Street Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    1,140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    640 feet
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Street or Humboldt Street.

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