Nostrand Avenue & Bergen Street

Nostrand Avenue and Bergen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 140 feet to 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden, and Breevort Post Office is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bergen St/Nostrand Av · B65
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Bergen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    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. Nostrand Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Nostrand Av, 120 feet away, for the B65.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Nostrand Av B65
    120 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bergen Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Nostrand Ave 22 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1929.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and June 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bergen Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305047, 305495 and 334614.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 213 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1895.

  1. The Union League Club Designated landmark
    720 feet
  2. First Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Place DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Park Place Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights School
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence School
    1,150 feet
  2. P.S. 138 Brooklyn Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    140 feet
  2. Grant Gore Park
    820 feet
  3. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    1,050 feet
  2. Breevort Post Office
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bergen Street or Nostrand Avenue.

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