Greene Avenue & St James Place

Greene Avenue and St James Place meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Playground is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
790 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Greene Av/Washington Av · B52
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & St James Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    790 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
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Washington Av, 200 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Washington Av B52 · Shelter
    200 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 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. Washington Ave & Greene Ave 19 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is 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 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St James Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St James Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 423 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1867 and 1878.

  1. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Orthodox Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School · landmark
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Playground
    350 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    870 feet
  3. Hollenback Community Garden
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Underwood Park Playground
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Greene Avenue or St James Place.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.