Myrtle Avenue & Clermont Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/Vanderbilt Av · B54
Within a walk
30 places
9 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Clermont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.5 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/Vanderbilt Av, 40 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clermont Avenue.

  • 66 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adelphi St & Myrtle Ave 28 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

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

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (south side).

East side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

West side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306660 and 332481.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 100 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    160 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    390 feet
Show all 10
  1. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  3. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    650 feet
  4. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    650 feet
  5. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    910 feet
  6. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  7. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    360 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    850 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    390 feet
  3. French Speaking Baptist Church Landmark
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  2. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    360 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    40 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clermont 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, NYCHA, 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.