Clark Street & Willow Street

Clark Street and Willow Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside 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. Towers Hotel stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them parks, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Clark St · B25
Within a walk
16 places
7 parks, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clark Street & Willow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    620 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
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 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, 0.3 miles away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Clark St B25 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 2 31 docks in all
    500 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
    1 mile
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 two 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 September 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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clark Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Clark Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

East side of Willow Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Willow Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 8 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 325 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1843 and 1899.

  1. Towers Hotel Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Hotel St. George Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Stirling Park
    280 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    420 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    740 feet
  2. Harry Chapin Playground
    980 feet
  3. Pierrepont Playground
    1,030 feet
  4. Hillside Dog Park
    1,040 feet
  5. Squibb Park
    1,120 feet
  6. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church Landmark
    690 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clark Street or Willow Street.

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