Clinton Street & Lorraine Street

Clinton Street and Lorraine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Red Hook Recreation Area is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Lorraine 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 eight 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 Lorraine St/Clinton St, 60 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 9 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
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    1,290 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 12 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Clinton Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9:30AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Lorraine Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Bbru Lorraine Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  3. Bubble Bees Day Care - Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  2. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    50 feet
  2. Bush Clinton Playground
    60 feet
  3. Cough Triangle
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    370 feet
  2. Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool
    400 feet
  3. Red Hook Recreation Center Landmark
    490 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 279/Ladder 131 Fire station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Street or Lorraine 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.