Greene Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue

Greene Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue 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, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 84 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Episcopal Residence of the Roman Catholic Church stands 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
810 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Greene Av · B69
Within a walk
20 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    810 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Lafayette Av C
    1,250 feet
    C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,280 feet
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Greene Av, 40 feet away, for the B69.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Greene Av B69 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Lafayette Ave 51 docks in all
    800 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
    0.7 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 84 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,789th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 73 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 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 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

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

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

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

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 309 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1879.

  1. Episcopal Residence of the Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    190 feet
  2. Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  2. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Playground
    590 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    740 feet
  3. Gateway Triangle
    860 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    870 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Underwood Park
    1,140 feet
  4. Underwood Park Playground
    1,150 feet
  5. Hollenback Community Garden
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    500 feet
  2. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    700 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
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greene Avenue or Vanderbilt Avenue.

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