Dekalb Avenue & Clermont Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albert J Parham Playground Pool is 350 feet away, and Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church stands 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
De Kalb Av/Vanderbilt Av · B38
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Clermont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    1,140 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Vanderbilt Av, 190 feet away, for the B38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Vanderbilt Av B38
    190 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave 23 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

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

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 401 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1860 and 1876.

  1. Simon F. Rothschild Junior High School (J.H.S. 294) Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Compass Charter School
    770 feet
Show all 10
  1. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School
    780 feet
  3. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    830 feet
  4. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,110 feet
  5. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  6. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,170 feet
  7. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edmonds Playground
    320 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    420 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    780 feet
  3. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clermont Avenue or Dekalb Avenue.

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.