Grand Avenue & Lexington Avenue

Grand Avenue and Lexington Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall stands 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Greene Av/Grand Av · B52
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Lexington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Grand Av, 380 feet away, for the B52.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Grand Av B52 · Shelter
    380 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cambridge Pl & Gates Ave 18 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lexington Avenue

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

South side of Lexington Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 361 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1866 and 1876.

  1. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  3. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    1,170 feet
  2. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    1,170 feet
  3. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Cedar Tree Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and five 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 Lexington 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.