April 20th, 2025

Block by Block: Herkimer Street

Author

Mose Kane
April 20, 2025

Running parallel to Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn’s Herkimer Street straddles Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, running due east until Broadway Junction. Enjoy the “oh no am I gonna get rained on” walk, block-by-block:

Bedford Ave / Herkimer Street (BEGIN)

He asked me to take this, so long as I “wasn’t too close:”

Nostrand Ave

New York Ave

Herkimer Ct

Brooklyn Ave

St. Andrews Pl

Kingston Ave

Albany Ave

Troy Ave

Hattie Jones Ct

Jewell McKoy Ln

Schenectady Ave

From here, the street runs into High School K445, requiring a detour. Herkimer starts up again, good as new, on the other side of Utica Ave:

Herkimer St / Hunterfly Pl

Rochester Ave

Suydam Pl

Buffalo Ave

Kane Pl (they know how to party)

Columbus Pl

Ralph Ave

Prescott Pl

Bancroft Pl

Howard Ave

Dewey Pl (film cameo)

Louis Pl

Saratoga Ave

Roosevelt Pl

Radde Pl

Thomas S Boyland St

Marconi Pl

Gunther Pl

Rockaway Ave

Pleasant Pl

Monaco Pl

Eastern Parkway

Sherlock Pl

Sackman St

Jardine Pl

Havens Pl

Van Sinderen Ave

Jewel Sq

E New York Ave / Broadway Junction (END)

Camera: Sony a6400 & Yashica 230 (Ultramax 400)