Clinton Street & Bush Street

Clinton Street and Bush Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook Post Office is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Clinton St/Lorraine St · B57, B61
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Bush Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    0.4 miles
    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 Clinton St/Lorraine St, 200 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton St/Lorraine St B57, B61
    200 feet
    B57 B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Centre St 21 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 820 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 80 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Red Hook East development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bush Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bush Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    70 feet
  2. Bush Clinton Playground
    270 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    130 feet
  2. Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool
    610 feet
  3. Red Hook Recreation Center Landmark
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    1,170 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bush Street 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, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.