Clinton Street & Remsen Street

Clinton Street and Remsen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Packer Collegiate Institute Early is 100 feet away, and Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 39 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St · B25, B26, B38, B41
Within a walk
39 places
8 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Remsen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 280 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
    280 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St, 670 feet away, for the B25, B26, B38 and B41.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St B25, B26, B38, B41
    670 feet
    B25 B26 B38 B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B38 …
  4. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 111 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Clinton St 49 docks in all
    290 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and May 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 8:30am to 7pm on Remsen Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Remsen 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 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 1AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Clinton Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Remsen Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300080, 300120, 300123, 300530 and 342771.

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 295 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-Italianate. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1899.

  1. Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. The Old Franklin Trust Company Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. Brooklyn Union Gas Company Building Designated landmark
    320 feet

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Anneta Duveen, 1972
    750 feet
  2. Washington A. Roebling Memorial Stele by S. Hemming, 1973
    790 feet
  3. Christopher Columbus Statue by Emma Stebbins, 1934
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    100 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    170 feet
  3. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    230 feet
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  1. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    450 feet
  3. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    450 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    450 feet
  5. New Allen School Trade or language school
    490 feet
  6. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    520 feet
  7. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    610 feet
  8. Saint Ann's School
    630 feet
  9. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  10. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    790 feet
  11. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    830 feet
  12. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    830 feet
  13. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    860 feet
  14. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  15. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,210 feet
  16. Brooklyn Law School College
    1,260 feet
  17. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    640 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    500 feet
  3. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    520 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Borough Hall Listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Library
    920 feet
  4. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    290 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    490 feet
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  1. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    550 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Street or Remsen 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.