Columbia Heights & Pierrepont Street

Columbia Heights and Pierrepont 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. Pierrepont Playground is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Columbia Heights & Pierrepont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 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/Johnson St, 0.4 miles away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    0.4 miles
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Columbia Heights

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Columbia Heights

  • No standing 16 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Pierrepont Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 247 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1845 and 1899.

  1. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    670 feet
  3. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  2. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    20 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    160 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    760 feet
  2. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet
  3. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center · landmark
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four 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 Columbia Heights or Pierrepont Street.

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.