Miller Avenue & Highland Boulevard

Miller Avenue and Highland Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Jamaica Av/Miller Av · Q56
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Miller Avenue & Highland Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The View From Here” (2007) by Barbara Ellmann at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Miller Av, 690 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Miller Av Q56
    690 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Highland Boulevard and Miller Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Highland Blvd & Bulwer Pl 18 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Highland Boulevard & J Robinson Parkway, 640 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Highland Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Highland Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 18 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Miller Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Miller Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    490 feet
  2. Upper Highland Playground
    710 feet
  3. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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 Highland Boulevard, Miller Avenue or Miller Place.

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