Myrtle Avenue & Grand Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Myrtle Avenue Plaza is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/Grand Av, is 40 feet away for the B54, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them playgrounds, and 32 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/Grand Av · B54
Within a walk
9 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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
    570 feet

By car

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

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

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
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 327823 and 332223.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built in 1907.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pratt Playground
    910 feet
  2. Taaffe Playground
    960 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    60 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Grand 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.