Atlantic Avenue & Grand Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 56 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Epiphany RC Church is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
43 hurt
56 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Dean St/Grand Av · B65
Within a walk
24 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.5 miles
    C S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Grand Av, 690 feet away, for the B65.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Grand Av B65
    690 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Bergen St 25 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 56 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 43 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 326 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Grand Avenue

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

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate Villa, and built in 1854.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    720 feet
  3. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    400 feet
  2. Lowry Triangle
    990 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet
  2. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    300 feet
  2. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Grand Avenue.

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