36th Street & Clara Street

The three-way junction of 36th Street and Clara Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
36 St/Clara St · B16
Within a walk
21 places
10 schools, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
36th Street & Clara Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 St/Clara St, 110 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 St/Clara St B16
    110 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 37 St & 13 Ave 16 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 36 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of Clara Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Clara Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Kesser Malka School
    240 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    240 feet
  3. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
Show all 17
  1. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    390 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    680 feet
  3. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    800 feet
  4. Gan Yisroel School
    850 feet
  5. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch College
    910 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph School
    930 feet
  7. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Preschool
    940 feet
  8. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    940 feet
  9. Bais Meir School
    940 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    940 feet
  11. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  12. Little Roses Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  13. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  14. Twinkle Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 36th Street or Clara 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.