diff --git a/.changeset/rare-planets-obey.md b/.changeset/rare-planets-obey.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e23d24f3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-planets-obey.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform-node": patch
+---
+
+optimize streaming response for NodeHttpServer
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
index c04d97256ff..7c7a3f0361f 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/src/internal/httpServer.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type * as Multipart from "@effect/platform/Multipart"
 import type * as Path from "@effect/platform/Path"
 import * as Socket from "@effect/platform/Socket"
 import type * as Cause from "effect/Cause"
+import * as Chunk from "effect/Chunk"
 import * as Config from "effect/Config"
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
 import * as FiberSet from "effect/FiberSet"
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import { pipeline } from "node:stream/promises"
 import * as WS from "ws"
 import * as NodeContext from "../NodeContext.js"
 import * as NodeHttpClient from "../NodeHttpClient.js"
-import * as NodeSink from "../NodeSink.js"
 import { HttpIncomingMessageImpl } from "./httpIncomingMessage.js"
 import * as internalPlatform from "./httpPlatform.js"
 
@@ -451,27 +451,21 @@ const handleResponse = (request: ServerRequest.HttpServerRequest, response: Serv
       }
       case "Stream": {
         nodeResponse.writeHead(response.status, headers)
-        return Stream.run(
-          Stream.mapError(
-            body.stream,
-            (cause) =>
-              new Error.ResponseError({
-                request,
-                response,
-                reason: "Decode",
-                cause
-              })
+        return body.stream.pipe(
+          Stream.runForEachChunk((chunk) =>
+            Effect.async<void>((resume) => {
+              const array = Chunk.toReadonlyArray(chunk)
+              for (let i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++) {
+                nodeResponse.write(array[i])
+              }
+              nodeResponse.write(array[array.length - 1], () => resume(Effect.void))
+            })
           ),
-          NodeSink.fromWritable(() => nodeResponse, (cause) =>
-            new Error.ResponseError({
-              request,
-              response,
-              reason: "Decode",
-              cause
-            }))
-        ).pipe(
           Effect.interruptible,
-          Effect.tapErrorCause(handleCause(nodeResponse))
+          Effect.matchCause({
+            onSuccess: () => nodeResponse.end(),
+            onFailure: handleCause(nodeResponse)
+          })
         )
       }
     }