Greene Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Greene Avenue and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is 490 feet away, and P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
550 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Greene Av/Vanderbilt Av · B52
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    550 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 C
    1,080 feet
    C
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Vanderbilt Av, 170 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Vanderbilt Av B52
    170 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Greene Ave 19 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 510 Waverly Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Clinton Avenue

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

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 341 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1866 and 1882.

  1. Episcopal Residence of the Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School · landmark
    800 feet
  3. Npower New York Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  2. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Playground
    310 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    850 feet
  3. Underwood Park Playground
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hollenback Community Garden
    920 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Gateway Triangle
    1,140 feet
  4. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library Landmark
    700 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    470 feet
  2. Queen All Saints Church House of worship
    930 feet
  3. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton Avenue or Greene Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.