Schermerhorn Street & Nevins Street

Schermerhorn Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sixteen Sycamores Playground is 150 feet away, and Brooklyn Academy of Music is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about two minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Schermerhorn Street.

Safety record
16 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Livingston St/Nevins St · B41, B45, B67
Within a walk
30 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schermerhorn Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    580 feet
    2 3 4 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    800 feet
    A C G
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,010 feet
    B Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Work & Nature” (1997) by Anton van Dalen at the Nevins St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Nevins St, 310 feet away, for the B41, B45 and B67.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Nevins St B41, B45, B67
    310 feet
    B41 B45 B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B45 …
  3. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Schermerhorn Street.

  • 117 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Nevins St & Schermerhorn St 28 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2013
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2014 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 701 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and April 2025; 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 Nevins Street

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

West side of Nevins Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303709, 311077, 332508 and 333012.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 28 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1850 and 1857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 career or business centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    480 feet
  2. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    540 feet
  3. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    920 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    960 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    960 feet
  4. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    790 feet
  3. North Pacific Playground
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. University Place Park
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet
  2. Public space at BAM South Public space
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,050 feet
  2. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,070 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral Listed historic place
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    630 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Metrotech Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    810 feet
  3. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    990 feet
  2. Times Plaza Post Office
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    520 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,140 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nevins Street or Schermerhorn Street.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.