Humboldt Street & Borinquen Plaza II Pedestrian Path

Humboldt Street and Borinquen Plaza II Pedestrian Path meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Borinquen Plaza II development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Humboldt Plaza is 650 feet away, and P.S. 257 John F. Hylan is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Montrose Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Montrose Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Johnson Av/Humboldt St · B60
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Borinquen Plaza II Pedestrian Path Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Montrose Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Montrose Av L
    1,230 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. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Johnson Av/Humboldt St, 620 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Borinquen Place, 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 137 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Humboldt Plaza.

  1. Plaza Perch Sculpture by Austin Thomas, 2017
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 147 Isaac Remsen School
    860 feet
  2. Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    640 feet
  2. Sunshine Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    890 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bushwick Library
    700 feet
  2. Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin Street Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Calvary FBH Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Most Holy Trinity Church St Mary House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    880 feet
  2. Older adult center at 80 Seigel Street Older adult center
    1,040 feet
  3. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Beyond Natural Market Supermarket
    900 feet
  3. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Borinquen Plaza II Pedestrian Path or Humboldt Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.