Lafayette Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue

Lafayette 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, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Queen All Saints Church is 160 feet away, and Emmanuel Baptist Church is 1,030 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 22 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
270 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Lafayette Av · B69
Within a walk
22 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    270 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, 40 feet away, for the B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 37 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
    300 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
96 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

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

South side of Lafayette Avenue

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

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • 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, 399 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1862 and 1879.

  1. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    490 feet
  3. Compass Charter School
    1,060 feet
Show all 8
  1. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,060 feet
  2. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    1,130 feet
  4. Npower New York Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  5. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underwood Park
    590 feet
  2. Underwood Park Playground
    610 feet
  3. Greene Playground
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Edmonds Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,290 feet
  3. Albert L. Parham Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Library
    1,020 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    160 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church Landmark
    210 feet
  3. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or Vanderbilt 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.