Nostrand Avenue & Herkimer Place

Nostrand Avenue and Herkimer Place meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Breevort Post Office is 360 feet away, and 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 54 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
4 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Atlantic Av/Nostrand Av · T440
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Herkimer Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    500 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. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Nostrand Av, 180 feet away, for the T440.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Nostrand Av T440
    180 feet
    T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. T440 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 12 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
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 7pm on Nostrand Avenue (east side).

North side of Herkimer Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Herkimer Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Nostrand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301990 and 337352.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 82 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1887 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  2. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    1,280 feet
  3. Restoration Academy School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    460 feet
  2. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    880 feet
  3. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    850 feet
  3. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue.

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