Nostrand Avenue & Herkimer Street

Nostrand Avenue and Herkimer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friendship Baptist Church is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Nostrand Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
10 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Fulton St · B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Herkimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    250 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
  2. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Fulton St, 120 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Fulton St B44, B44 SBS
    120 feet
    B44 B44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …
  2. B44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Nostrand Ave 24 docks in all
    610 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. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
  • Turn calming, September 2023

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Nostrand Avenue (west side).

North side of Herkimer Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Herkimer Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304250, 332264, 337351, 337352 and 337521.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 97 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1887.

  1. Girls' High School Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 093 William H. Prescott School
    1,070 feet
  3. Restoration Academy School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    210 feet
  2. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  3. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  4. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    480 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Herkimer 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.