Lafayette Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Lafayette 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, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cadman Memorial Church is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
60 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Lafayette Av/Vanderbilt Av · B38
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    60 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. Fulton St G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Vanderbilt Av, 180 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Vanderbilt Av B38
    180 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
94 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Avenue

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

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lafayette 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, 378 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1867 and 1884.

  1. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    480 feet
  2. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    770 feet
  3. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    310 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    330 feet
  3. Greene Playground
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    390 feet
  3. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clinton Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

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.