Riverdale Avenue & Herzl Street

Riverdale Avenue and Herzl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peoples Baptist Church is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av · B99
Within a walk
18 places
11 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Riverdale Avenue & Herzl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,060 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av, 590 feet away, for the B99.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Riverdale Av/Saratoga Av B99
    590 feet
    B99

Next buses at this stop

  1. B99 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Herzl St & Newport St 12 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Riverdale Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    170 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    170 feet
  3. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    610 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Peoples Baptist Church House of worship
    130 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    980 feet
  3. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    1,050 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herzl Street or Riverdale Avenue.

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