Clinton Street & Amity Street

Clinton Street and Amity Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church stands 110 feet away, and Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Atlantic Av/Clinton St · B61, B63
Within a walk
18 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Amity Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Clinton St, 560 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Clinton St B61, B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    560 feet
    B61 B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Clinton St 44 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

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

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amity Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amity Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 456 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1847 and 1872.

  1. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    110 feet
  2. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. The Dudley Memorial Building Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    830 feet
  3. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    1,100 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    1,240 feet
  4. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    310 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    610 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet
  2. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    880 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amity Street or Clinton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.