Dekalb Avenue & Classon Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Lafayette development. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 170 feet to the 88th Precinct, and P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Classon Av/De Kalb Av · B48
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Classon Av G
    560 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/De Kalb Av, 110 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/De Kalb Av B48
    110 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue and Dekalb Avenue.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Franklin Ave 27 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Lafayette development.

Since 2014 at least 46 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and August 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 21 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built in 1907.

  1. Pratt Row Houses Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Billy Martin Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. Community Partnership Charter School
    440 feet
  3. P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb School
    440 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ohel Elozer School
    620 feet
  2. Little Sun People Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Baybeehive Dekalb Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) School
    1,140 feet
  5. Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    150 feet
  2. Lafayette Gardens Playground
    880 feet
  3. Star Spangled Playground
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cedar Tree Garden
    980 feet
  2. Pratt Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 88th Precinct Police station · landmark
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Dekalb Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.