Clinton Street & 3rd Place

Clinton Street and 3rd 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. Admiral Triangle is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Court St/3 Pl · B57
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & 3rd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/3 Pl, 680 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/3 Pl B57 · Shelter
    680 feet
    B57
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 34 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. Clinton St & 4 Place 25 docks in all
    350 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 3rd Place

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

South side of 3rd 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 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    690 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    690 feet
  3. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cobble Hill Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dimattina Playground
    730 feet
  2. Admiral Triangle Playground
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 3rd 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.