Clinton Street & 4th Place

Clinton Street and 4th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dimattina Playground is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1900 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Court St/3 Pl · B57
Within a walk
11 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & 4th 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 six 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
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/3 Pl, 810 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 27 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
    30 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. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 May 2025.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 4th Place

  • No parking 8 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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    840 feet
  2. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    840 feet
  3. International School of Brooklyn School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  2. Smith Street Workshop Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    570 feet
  2. Dimattina Playground
    710 feet
  3. Dimattina Park Dog Run
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Mary's Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and four 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th 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.