Wyckoff Street & Hoyt Street

Wyckoff Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development. The corner lies on the edge of the Boerum Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Sacred Heart Chapel stands 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Bergen St/Hoyt St · B65
Within a walk
19 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wyckoff Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    930 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.3 miles
    A C G
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Hoyt St, 370 feet away, for the B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Hoyt St B65
    370 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hoyt St & Warren St 35 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Gowanus development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Wyckoff Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Wyckoff Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Boerum Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 259 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1854 and 1873.

  1. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    660 feet
  2. Cuyler Presbyterian Chapel Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    840 feet
Show all 9
  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    870 feet
  3. New Dawn Charter High School
    990 feet
  4. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  6. Sterling School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    190 feet
  2. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    200 feet
  3. Boerum Park
    500 feet
Show all 4
  1. Boerum Park Playground
    590 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gowanus Community Center
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hoyt Street or Wyckoff Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.