Dekalb Avenue & Grand Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 41 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Pratt Institute Main Building, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 530 feet away, and Classon Playground is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places and ten places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av · B38
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    1,280 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av, 110 feet away, for the B38.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av B38
    110 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & St James Pl 39 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 41 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 125 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1875 and 1907.

  1. South Hall Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Pratt Institute Main Building Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. Pratt Institute Library Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Partnership Charter School
    780 feet
  2. P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb School
    780 feet
  3. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Billy Martin Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Playground
    850 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. 88th Precinct Police station
    850 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Grand Avenue.

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