Dekalb Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sister Vincent Therese Hall stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
580 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av · B69
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Fulton St G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av, 300 feet away, for the B69.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av B69 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2020

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)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

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

West side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 380 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1867 and 1884.

  1. Sister Vincent Therese Hall Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. St. Angela Hall Academy Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    530 feet
  2. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  3. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park Playground
    800 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    800 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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