Schermerhorn Street & Boerum Place

Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,012 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New York Transit Museum is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Jay St-MetroTech, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 90 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jay St-MetroTech
960 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C, F, R
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl · B61, B63
Within a walk
27 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schermerhorn Street & Boerum Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jay St-MetroTech, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    960 feet
    A C F R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
  4. R …
Outbound
3 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
  3. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,060 feet
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    1,190 feet
    A C G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Departures and Arrivals” (2009) by Ben Snead at the Jay St-MetroTech station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl, 630 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl B61, B63
    630 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Schermerhorn Street.

  • 85 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schermerhorn St & Court St 59 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2012
  • Turn calming, July 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,012 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 422nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,409 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Boerum Place1,345846
Northbound on Boerum Place667563
Total2,0121,409

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and September 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 8am to 7pm on Schermerhorn Street (south side).

East side of Boerum Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Boerum Place

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYSJ
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300547, 300548, 342413 and 342556.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 36 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic and Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1879.

  1. Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Gage & Tollner Restaurant Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. Brooklyn Municipal Building Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 courthouses
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    170 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    660 feet
Show all 12
  1. Brooklyn Law School College
    760 feet
  2. Helen Keller Services for the Blind Preschool
    900 feet
  3. Achievement Unlocked School
    970 feet
  4. Downtown Brooklyn Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,010 feet
  5. Brooklyn Friends School
    1,140 feet
  6. Adams Street Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  7. Little Scholars Learning Center VIII Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  8. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  9. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    370 feet
  2. Public space at 111 Livingston Street Public space
    510 feet
  3. Willoughby Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Transit Museum
    130 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Civil Court Courthouse
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 90 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boerum Place or Schermerhorn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.