Humboldt Street & Debevoise Street

Humboldt Street and Debevoise Street meet at a three-way junction in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Metropolitan Post Office is 190 feet away, and Humboldt Plaza is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
660 feet · 3 min on foot · J, M
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Flushing Av/Humboldt St · B57
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Humboldt Street & Debevoise Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av J, M
    660 feet
    J M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lorimer St J, M
    0.4 miles
    J M
  2. Montrose Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Migration” (2006) by Robin Holder at the Flushing Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Humboldt St, 390 feet away, for the B57.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Humboldt St B57
    390 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beaver St & Fayette St 30 docks in all
    670 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. 640 Bushwick Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    730 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Bushwick development.

Since 2014 at least 113 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Debevoise Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Debevoise Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Humboldt Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330514.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1921 and 1923.

  1. Williamsburg Branch, Public National Bank of New York Building Designated landmark
    810 feet

Monuments and public art

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

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ohel Chaya School
    420 feet
  2. Congregation Luminous Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    450 feet
  3. Luminous Bushwick Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 257 John F. Hylan School
    610 feet
  2. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    480 feet
  2. Bushwick Garden - Bushwick Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    600 feet
  3. Garden Playground
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nos Cuidamos Community Garden
    770 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Humboldt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    670 feet

Health care

  1. Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Hospital
    1,060 feet
  2. EMS Station 57 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Metropolitan Post Office Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. Bushwick/Hylan Community Center
    620 feet
  3. Bushwick Pool Swimming pool
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    680 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Debevoise 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.