New York Avenue & Herkimer Street

New York Avenue and Herkimer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott is 300 feet away, and St. Andrew's Playground is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
New York Av/Atlantic Av · B44
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Herkimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,020 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Atlantic Av, 300 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Atlantic Av B44 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herkimer St & New York Ave 25 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Herkimer Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO CITY COUNCIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO COMMUNITY BOARD MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Herkimer Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304251 and 337351.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 92 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1893.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    300 feet
  3. Restoration Academy School
    300 feet
Show all 7
  1. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    670 feet
  2. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    670 feet
  3. P.S. K140 School
    1,260 feet
  4. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    980 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Playground
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Herkimer Street or New York 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.