Grand Avenue & Lefferts Place

Grand Avenue and Lefferts Place meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn's Finest Garden is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Fulton St/Grand Av · B25, B26
Within a walk
26 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Lefferts Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,240 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S
  2. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Grand Av, 350 feet away, for the B25 and B26.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Grand Av B25, B26
    350 feet
    B25 B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Irving Pl 31 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 251 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grand Avenue

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

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Lefferts Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lefferts Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 41 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    770 feet
  3. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    1,080 feet
  2. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    110 feet
  2. Crispus Attucks Playground
    710 feet
  3. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Lincoln Club Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market 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 26 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or Lefferts Place.

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.