Clark Street & Monroe Place

Clark Street and Monroe Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church is 330 feet away, and Cadman Plaza Post Office is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Clark St · B25
Within a walk
31 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clark Street & Monroe Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    350 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    1,140 feet
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Clark St, 350 feet away, for the B25.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Clark St B25 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Clark Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clark St & Henry St 43 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 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 January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Clark Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Monroe Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Monroe Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO APPELLATE DIVISION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 342632.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 161 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1845 and 1905.

  1. Hotel St. George Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    430 feet
  3. Appellate Division Supreme Court of New York State 2nd Department Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 libraries
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Saint Ann's School
    1,040 feet
  3. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,040 feet
Show all 7
  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  4. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cadman Plaza Park
    270 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    630 feet
  3. Columbus Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    760 feet
  2. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    800 feet
  3. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,090 feet
  2. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    330 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Landmark
    400 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  4. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,240 feet
  5. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cadman Plaza Post Office Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Federal Courthouse Eastern District Courthouse
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    280 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clark Street or Monroe Place.

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