Vermont Street & Highland Boulevard

Vermont Street and Highland Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Uncommon Leadership CHS is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Jamaica Av/Wyona St · Q56
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Vermont Street & Highland Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Wyona St, 730 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Wyona St Q56
    730 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Jersey Ave & Jamaica Ave 12 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Highland Boulevard & J Robinson Parkway, 210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 54 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the eastern redcedar and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park
    570 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    730 feet
  3. Highland Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mision Cristiana Bethesda House of worship
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,290 feet

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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highland Boulevard or Vermont Street.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.