Grand Avenue & Clifton Place

Grand Avenue and Clifton Place meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Emmanuel Baptist Church is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Lafayette Av/Grand Av · B38
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Clifton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av G
    1,040 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 G
    1,060 feet
    G
  2. Bedford-Nostrand Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Grand Av, 360 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Grand Av B38
    360 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clifton Place

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

South side of Clifton Place

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

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 227 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1868 and 1876.

  1. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    400 feet
  2. Little Sun People Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cedar Tree Garden
    970 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Underwood Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Greene Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clifton Place or Grand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.