Liberty Avenue & Berriman Street

Liberty Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shield of Faith is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
990 feet
Atlantic Av/Berriman St · Q24
Within a walk
27 places
16 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Berriman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    1,150 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Cleveland St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Berriman St, 990 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Berriman St Q24
    990 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    1,260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 179 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    370 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    910 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Followers of Jesus School
    1,070 feet
  3. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    1,140 feet
  4. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    1,140 feet
  5. Vista Academy School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shield of Faith Garden
    730 feet
  2. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Berriman Street or Liberty Avenue.

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