Clinton Street & Mill Street

Clinton Street and Mill 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. Cough Triangle is 510 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 16 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Smith-9 Sts
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
70 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 & Mill 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, 70 feet away, for the B57 and B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Clinton Street, 340 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 354 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    560 feet
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
38
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. 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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Clinton Street (west side).

East side of Clinton Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

North side of Mill Street

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Mill Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306966 and 330074.

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
    10 feet
  2. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    620 feet
  3. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pave Academy Charter School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cough Triangle
    510 feet
  2. Red Hook Recreation Area Park
    560 feet
  3. Bush Clinton Playground
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Admiral Triangle Playground
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Red Hook Post Office
    380 feet
  2. Older adult center at 120 West 9th Street Older adult center
    680 feet
  3. Red Hook East/Miccio Community Center
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Red Hook Park Pool Swimming pool
    1,090 feet
  2. Red Hook Recreation Center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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