Clinton Street & Montague Street

Clinton Street and Montague Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres is 100 feet away, and the Old Franklin Trust Company stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about a minute on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Montague St · B52, B103
Within a walk
40 places
9 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Montague Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    60 feet
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Montague St, 710 feet away, for the B52 and B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Montague St B52, B103
    710 feet
    B52 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 126 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Clinton St 49 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 79 signs on these blocks
  • 26 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Montague Street (south side).

East side of Clinton Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 1AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Clinton Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Montague Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300082, 300140 and 300359.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 229 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1904.

  1. The Old Franklin Trust Company Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. People's Trust Company Building Designated landmark
    150 feet
  3. National Title Guaranty Company Designated landmark
    170 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Columbus Park.

  1. Henry Ward Beecher Monument Statue by John Quincy Adams Ward, 1891
    680 feet
  2. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    710 feet
  3. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Anneta Duveen, 1972
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    100 feet
  2. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    230 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
Show all 18
  1. Saint Ann's School
    370 feet
  2. New Allen School Trade or language school
    370 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  4. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  5. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    530 feet
  6. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    530 feet
  7. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    530 feet
  8. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    530 feet
  9. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  10. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    770 feet
  11. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    870 feet
  12. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  13. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  14. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  15. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    640 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    910 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    240 feet
  3. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    260 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Heights Library
    650 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  4. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Landmark · listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    350 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    420 feet
Show all 6
  1. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    520 feet
  2. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    810 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    890 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  3. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Street or Montague 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.