Myrtle Avenue & Classon Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them playgrounds, and 21 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/Classon Av · B54
Within a walk
11 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Classon Av G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Classon Av, 40 feet away, for the B54.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Classon Av B54
    40 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Emerson Pl & Myrtle Ave 63 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-6PM FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 332276.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 12 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built in 1907.

  1. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building) Designated landmark
    100 feet
  2. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Engine Room Building) Designated landmark
    100 feet
  3. Pratt Row Houses Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Ohel Elozer School
    770 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    840 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taaffe Playground
    120 feet
  2. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    640 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Star Spangled Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Myrtle 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.