Clinton Hill

Neighborhood · Brooklyn

Clinton Hill rises in north-central Brooklyn between Vanderbilt and Classon Avenues, running from Flushing Avenue south to Atlantic Avenue.

  • 0.52 square miles
  • 28,647 residents, 2020 Census
  • 89 street corners
  • 3 subway stations
  • 12 bus routes

It takes its name from Clinton Avenue, laid out along the crest of the hill in 1832 and named for Governor DeWitt Clinton; the area became a fashionable address in the 1840s, and in the late 19th century mansions went up along the avenue. Pratt Institute, founded here in 1887, is still centered on its original 25-acre campus, and the Clinton Hill Historic District, designated in 1981, takes in rowhouses, mansions, stables and apartment houses built from the 1840s into the 1920s.

Sources: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (Wikipedia); Brooklyn Landmarks-Clinton Hill (Historic Districts Council); History (Pratt Institute).

Map

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Clinton Hill borders four areas, and Gates Avenue and Grand Avenue hold more of its corners than any other street, 11 each of 89.

Street map of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, outlined among Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Prospect Heights and South Williamsburg, with its three subway stations and Taaffe Playground.South WilliamsburgBedford-Stuyvesant (West)Prospect HeightsFort Greene
  • Clinton Hill
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Classon Av lines G
  • Clinton-Washington Avs lines G
  • Clinton-Washington Avs lines C

Getting around

Three subway stations and buses on 12 routes stop in or at the edge of Clinton Hill.

  • 3 subway stations
  • 12 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B25
  • B26
  • B38
  • B45
  • B48
  • B52
  • B54
  • B57
  • B62
  • B69
  • B93
  • T440

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Brooklyn corner.

  • 1,006 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 11.3 a corner, on average
  • 10.5 the average Brooklyn corner
  • 9 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 35 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
26
Accessible pedestrian signals
10
Enhanced crossings
4
Turn calming
3
Safety Improvement Projects
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than bus-lane or red-light tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 1,756 school-zone speed camera tickets at two corners
  • 1,722 bus-lane camera tickets at one corner
Most speed tickets
Park Avenue & Clinton Avenue, 1,672
Most bus-lane tickets
Fulton Street & Clinton Avenue, 1,722

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 28,647 residents in Clinton Hill, about 55,100 per square mile.

  • 14,400 homes, 2020 Census
  • 3,053 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 2,029 residential lots hold buildings from 1899 or earlier, and 86% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

NYCHA's FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX) development lies wholly or partly within Clinton Hill.

FHA Repossessed Houses (Group IX)
Partly within Clinton Hill

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
7.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Taaffe Playground (1.8 acres), Classon Playground (1.4 acres) and Underwood Park (1.2 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Pratt Row Houses, Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, the Memorial Hall and the Royal Castle Apartments, among others
Historic district
Clinton Hill Historic District, wholly or partly within Clinton Hill

Streets and trees

Trees
2,462 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, pin oak and thornless honeylocust
Street with the most corners
Gates Avenue, with 11 of the area's 89
Height above sea level
From 14 feet at Flushing Avenue & Taaffe Place to 96 feet at Lafayette Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue
Honorary street names
2 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 11 schools and one library in Clinton Hill.

Public schools
7
Charter and private schools
4
Library
Clinton Hill Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, eight bike-share stations stand in Clinton Hill.

  • 8 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 186 major felonies at places in Clinton Hill.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Clinton Hill

  • 232 major felonies in 2024 46 fewer in 2025
  • 736 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Clinton Hill, the NYPD recorded another 102 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 10.1 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Clinton Hill.

Police precincts
88th (most of the area), 79th
Major felonies recorded at places in Clinton Hill, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 64 major felonies at places in Clinton Hill, against 95 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.