Dekalb Avenue & Hall Street

Dekalb Avenue and Hall Street meet at a five-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pratt Institute Library, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
750 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
De Kalb Av/Washington Av · B38, B93
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 colleges and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Hall Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    750 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
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Washington Av, 390 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Washington Av B38, B93
    390 feet
    B38 B93

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 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 parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 243 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1873 and 1887.

  1. Pratt Institute Library Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. St. Angela Hall Academy Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,020 feet
  2. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Community Partnership Charter School
    1,310 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    550 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library
    1,200 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue, Hall Street or St James Place.

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.