Clinton Street & 1st Place

Clinton Street and 1st Place meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Court St/1 Pl · B57
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & 1st Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    1,300 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/1 Pl, 690 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/1 Pl B57 · Shelter
    690 feet
    B57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 1 Pl & Clinton St 34 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 1st Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 1st Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Clinton Street

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

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1840 and 1897.

  1. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. 238 President Street House Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Rectory Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    890 feet
  3. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hannah Senesh Community School
    1,120 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  3. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    920 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    830 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Place or Clinton Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.