Sidney Place & Aitken Place

Sidney Place and Aitken Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo Rectory stands 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Livingston St/Court St · B45
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 6 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sidney Place & Aitken Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,080 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
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  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
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  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Livingston St/Court St, 980 feet away, for the B45.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Court St B45 · Shelter
    980 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Joralemon St 50 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Aitken Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Aitken Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sidney Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 536 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1879.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo Rectory Designated landmark
    80 feet
  2. St. Charles Borromeo Parochial School Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. Medical Arts Building Designated landmark
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    80 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    850 feet
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  1. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,000 feet
  4. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  5. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,050 feet
  6. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  7. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  8. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  10. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  11. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  12. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  13. New Allen School Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  3. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Charles Borromeo Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    620 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    680 feet
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  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  4. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Aitken Place or Sidney Place.

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