Columbia Heights & Clark Street

Columbia Heights and Clark Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Heights Promenade is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them parks, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
870 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Clark St · B25
Within a walk
14 places
6 parks, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbia Heights & Clark Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    870 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Clark St, 0.3 miles away, for the B25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Clark St B25 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 2 31 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Clark Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Clark Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 1 sign PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

East side of Columbia Heights

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 254 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Towers Hotel Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Stirling Park
    30 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    160 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    430 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    500 feet
  2. Pierrepont Playground
    780 feet
  3. Squibb Park
    870 feet
  4. Harry Chapin Playground
    880 feet
  5. Hillside Dog Park
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
  3. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clark Street or Columbia Heights.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.