Myrtle Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. French Speaking Baptist Church is 840 feet away, and Institutional Church of God is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Myrtle Av/Vanderbilt Av · B54
Within a walk
27 places
9 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs 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/Vanderbilt Av, 100 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave 33 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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
  • 1 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)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313208, 332484 and 334872.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 83 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1853 and 1880.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Child Study Center of New York School
    520 feet
  3. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
Show all 12
  1. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    780 feet
  3. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    780 feet
  4. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    980 feet
  5. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,150 feet
  6. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  7. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,220 feet
  8. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,220 feet
  9. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    930 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet
  3. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. French Speaking Baptist Church Landmark
    840 feet
  3. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clinton Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.