Wyckoff Street & Nevins Street

Wyckoff Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff Community Center is 410 feet away, and North Pacific Playground is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about eight minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
3 Av/Warren St · B37
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wyckoff Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Warren St, 890 feet away, for the B37.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Warren St B37
    890 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff St & 3 Ave 22 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    850 feet
  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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 Wyckoff Gardens development.

Since 2014 at least 25 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Wyckoff Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Wyckoff Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 232 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1872.

  1. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    740 feet
  2. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    810 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  3. Alonzo A. Daughtry Memorial Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    190 feet
  2. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    720 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. North Pacific Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Thomas Greene Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    410 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    410 feet
  3. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Douglass & Degraw Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six 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 Nevins Street or Wyckoff 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.