Clinton Street & Luquer Street

Clinton Street and Luquer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church is 730 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 eight public places, three of them playgrounds, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Court St/Nelson St · B57
Within a walk
8 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Luquer 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Nelson St, 940 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Nelson St B57
    940 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & 4 Place 25 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Luquer Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. International School of Brooklyn School
    890 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collaborative Studies School
    1,120 feet
  3. The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    290 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park
    950 feet
  3. Dimattina Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. Mary's Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Street or Luquer 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.