Flushing Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Benjamin Banneker Academy is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 270 feet away for the B57, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them listed historic places, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Flushing Avenue.

Safety record
22 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av · B57
Within a walk
7 places
3 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av, 270 feet away, for the B57.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Vanderbilt Av B57
    270 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Flushing Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Flushing Ave & Vanderbilt Ave 25 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No stopping 12 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival, and built between 1849 and 1852.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    690 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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