Clinton Street & Centre Street

Clinton Street and Centre 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bush Clinton Playground is 520 feet away, and Red Hook Recreation Center is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Mill St/Clinton St · B57, B61
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill St/Clinton St, 290 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 580 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 April 2025.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Centre Street

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

South side of Centre Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two 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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    320 feet
  2. Bush Clinton Playground
    520 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    140 feet
  2. Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool
    840 feet
  3. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Red Hook Recreation Center
    990 feet
  2. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Mall, Centre Street or Clinton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.