Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Clinton Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Hill School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 230 feet away for the B62, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Park Av/Vanderbilt Av · B62
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, 230 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Vanderbilt Av B62
    230 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 56 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    320 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    710 feet
  3. Greene Hill School
    1,000 feet
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  1. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,250 feet
  2. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    660 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park Playground
    970 feet
  3. Oracle Playground
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    850 feet
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  1. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Clinton Avenue.

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