Crescent Street & Hill Street

Crescent Street and Hill Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Crescent St/McKinley Av · B13
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & Hill Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Crescent St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Grant Av A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/McKinley Av, 220 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/McKinley Av B13
    220 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hill Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Hill Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    940 feet
  2. City Line Park Playground
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Street or Hill Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.