Clinton Street & Schermerhorn Street

Clinton Street and Schermerhorn Street meet at a three-way junction 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. St. Charles Borromeo Parochial School stands 240 feet away, and New York Transit Museum is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Atlantic Av/Clinton St · B61, B63
Within a walk
29 places
8 religious buildings, 6 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Schermerhorn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    1,060 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
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.5 miles
    A C G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Clinton St, 580 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Clinton St B61, B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    580 feet
    B61 B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street and Schermerhorn Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Joralemon St 50 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
65 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Schermerhorn Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300181 and 300339.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 439 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1846 and 1871.

  1. St. Charles Borromeo Parochial School Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles Borromeo Rectory Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    530 feet
  2. Packer Collegiate Institute School
    830 feet
  3. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
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  1. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    900 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet
  3. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    1,030 feet
  5. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  6. Crown Bus Inst-Kings Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  7. Crown Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  8. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,090 feet
  9. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  10. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  11. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  12. New Allen School Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. New York Transit Museum
    1,080 feet
  3. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
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  1. Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  2. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Charles Borromeo Church Landmark
    390 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    780 feet
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  1. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    960 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  3. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 15 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 Schermerhorn 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.