Classon Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Classon Avenue and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Classon Triangle is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Classon Av, is 90 feet away for the B57, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2004 and 2018, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Classon Av, 90 feet away, for the B57.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flushing Av/Classon Av B5790 feetB57
Next buses at this stop
- B57 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Classon Avenue.
Nearest bike-share station
- Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all700 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 75 Classon Avenue Gas stationat this corner
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 May 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11205
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 33
- Police precinct
- 79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Clinton Hill
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2004 and 2018.
Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Bnos Israel School930 feet
- Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 51,090 feet
- School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 51,090 feet
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- Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 51,150 feet
- Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,160 feet
- Bnos Spinka Boys School1,260 feet
- Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,270 feet
- Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Classon Playground140 feet
- Steuben Playground440 feet
- Classon Triangle470 feet
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- Taaffe Playground760 feet
- Penn Triangle Playground1,160 feet
Supermarkets
- One Stop Kosher Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flushing Avenue & Classon Avenue 100 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Flushing Avenue 240 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Taaffe Place 340 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Williamsburg Street West 370 feet
- Classon Avenue & Emerson Place 390 feet
- Classon Avenue & Wallabout Street 410 feet
- Williamsburg Street West & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 450 feet
- Taaffe Place & Little Nassau Street 560 feet
See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Classon Avenue.