Montague Street & Pierrepont Place

Montague Street and Pierrepont Place meet at a five-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hotel Bossert stands 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Montague St · B52, B103
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Montague Street & Pierrepont Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Montague St, 0.4 miles away, for the B52 and B103.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Montague St B52, B103
    0.4 miles
    B52 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …
  2. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 May 2025.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Montague Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Montague Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Montague Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Montague Terrace

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

East side of Pierrepont Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Pierrepont Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 294 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1845 and 1898.

  1. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    730 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,210 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    160 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    400 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center · landmark
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Montague Street, Montague Terrace or Pierrepont Place.

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