Clinton Street & Congress Street

Clinton Street and Congress 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. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Court St/Amity St · B57
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Congress 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 Court St/Amity St, 740 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Amity St B57
    740 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street and Congress Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Clinton St 44 docks in all
    40 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2020.

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
41 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 97 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Congress Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Congress Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 503 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1869.

  1. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. St. Paul's School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    810 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    940 feet
  3. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  4. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,140 feet
  5. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    40 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    350 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    530 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    490 feet
  2. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clinton Street or Congress 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.