Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Waverly Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Waverly Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Benjamin Banneker Academy is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Washington Av, is 220 feet away for the B62, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Park Av/Washington Av · B62
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Waverly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Washington Av, 220 feet away, for the B62.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Washington Av B62
    220 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    940 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2018.

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)
Clinton Hill

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 47 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1851 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    210 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    440 feet
  3. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greene Hill School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    380 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park Playground
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and four 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 Waverly 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.