Clinton Street & Verandah Place

Clinton Street and Verandah Place meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cobble Hill Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Court St/Amity St · B57
Within a walk
20 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clinton Street & Verandah Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Amity St, 880 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Amity St B57
    880 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Clinton St 44 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Verandah Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Verandah Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 517 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1847 and 1872.

  1. St. Paul's School Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    940 feet
  2. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan School
    1,010 feet
Show all 7
  1. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    1,080 feet
  2. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  4. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    40 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    330 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    920 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    490 feet
  2. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,160 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 11 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 Verandah Place.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.