Lafayette Avenue & Clermont Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Masonic Temple stands 130 feet away, and New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center is 1,210 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 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
550 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Lafayette Av · B69
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Clermont 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. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Lafayette Av, 320 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Lafayette Av B69
    320 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clermont Avenue and Lafayette Avenue.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Lafayette Ave 51 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 419 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1858 and 1877.

  1. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    130 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    520 feet
  2. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Compass Charter School
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    770 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    880 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    890 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,000 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    230 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    480 feet
  3. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 28 places to eat and six 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 Clermont Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

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