Dekalb Avenue & Waverly Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Waverly 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. Graham Home for Old Ladies stands 200 feet away, and Greene Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
760 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
De Kalb Av/Washington Av · B38, B93
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Waverly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    760 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
    0.5 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Washington Av, 170 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 24 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
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles 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
    0.3 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 339 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1868 and 1887.

  1. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. St. Angela Hall Academy Designated landmark
    250 feet
  3. Sister Vincent Therese Hall Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    480 feet
  2. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    830 feet
  3. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park Playground
    530 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    530 feet
  3. Greene Playground
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edmonds Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library
    1,010 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Queen All Saints Church House of worship
    820 feet
  3. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Waverly 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.