Clarkson Avenue & East 46th Street

Clarkson Avenue and East 46th Street meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Battalion Christian Academy is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Clarkson Av, is 0.3 miles away for the B12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Albany Av/Clarkson Av · B12
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clarkson Avenue & East 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Clarkson Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Clarkson Av B12 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clarkson Ave & Troy Ave 23 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 441 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 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 July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1945.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of East 46th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 46th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Academy - Linden School
    1,230 feet
  2. High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  3. Battalion Christian Academy School
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or East 46th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.