Clifton Place & St James Place

Clifton Place and St James Place meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall stands 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
520 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Lafayette Av/Washington Av · B38, B93
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clifton Place & St James Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    520 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Washington Av, 460 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Washington Av B38, B93
    460 feet
    B38 B93

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & St James Pl 39 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 October 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clifton Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Clifton Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of St James Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 363 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1868 and 1878.

  1. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. Orthodox Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    600 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    620 feet
  3. Greene Playground
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hollenback Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Library Landmark
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clifton Place or St James Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.