Atlantic Avenue & Clinton Street

Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 947 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. (former) Brooklyn Athenaeum stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more.

Safety record
14 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Atlantic Av/Clinton St · B61, B63
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Clinton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.5 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Clinton St, 80 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Clinton St B61, B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    80 feet
    B61 B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Henry St & Atlantic Ave 23 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2000
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 947 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 804th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 342 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS SUNDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300101 and 300265.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 475 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1871.

  1. (former) Brooklyn Athenaeum Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Savings Bank Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    480 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 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    850 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,020 feet
Show all 8
  1. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    1,040 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,040 feet
  3. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  4. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,100 feet
  5. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    820 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Adam Yauch Park
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    890 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    570 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    610 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Clinton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.