Henry Street & Clark Street

Henry Street and Clark Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Presbyterian Church Rectory stands 280 feet away, and Fort Stirling Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Clark St · B25
Within a walk
28 places
11 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Henry Street & Clark Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    90 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    1,250 feet
    A C
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Clark St, 610 feet away, for the B25.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Clark St B25 · Shelter
    610 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clark Street and Henry Street.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clark St & Henry St 43 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Henry Street (west side).

North side of Clark Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Clark Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 3 signs PARKING PERMITTED WEDNESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

East side of Henry Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 342435 and 342752.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 250 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. Hotel St. George Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Rectory Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. St. George Tower Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Saint Ann's School
    1,300 feet
  3. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cadman Plaza Park
    530 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    890 feet
  3. Fort Stirling Park
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    1,130 feet
  2. Columbus Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    950 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Library
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church Landmark
    220 feet
  2. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    260 feet
  3. Plymouth Church Listed historic place
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  4. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Post Office Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clark Street or Henry Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.