Myrtle Avenue & Emerson Place

Myrtle Avenue and Emerson Place meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Engine Room Building), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 240 feet away, and Myrtle Village Green is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Myrtle Av/Steuben St · B54
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Emerson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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/Steuben St, 150 feet away, for the B54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Steuben St B54
    150 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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
    90 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
    310 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Emerson Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Emerson Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 332276.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 25 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 (Engine Room Building) Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building) Designated landmark
    270 feet
  3. Pratt Row Houses Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ohel Elozer School
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    1,150 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pratt Playground
    390 feet
  2. Taaffe Playground
    440 feet
  3. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Emerson Place 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.