Willow Street & Middagh Street

Willow Street and Middagh Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. Hillside Dog Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Old Fulton St/Henry St · B25
Within a walk
18 places
8 parks, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willow Street & Middagh Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    1,170 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. York St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Henry St, 970 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Henry St B25
    970 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbia Heights & Cranberry St 37 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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 February 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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 167 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Middagh Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Willow Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Willow Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 240 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1837 and 1899.

  1. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    500 feet
  2. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hillside Dog Park
    40 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    130 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    320 feet
Show all 10
  1. Poplar Street Community Garden
    330 feet
  2. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    370 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    880 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    940 feet
  5. Cadman Plaza Park
    990 feet
  6. Anchorage Plaza
    1,080 feet
  7. Fort Stirling Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Old Fulton Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    530 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Middagh Street or Willow Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.