Myrtle Avenue & Waverly Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Waverly 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. Benjamin Banneker Academy is 980 feet away, and Oracle Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Myrtle Av/Clinton Av · B54
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Waverly 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 eight 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/Clinton Av, 170 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave 33 docks in all
    330 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. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Waverly Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Waverly Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303061, 313208 and 337494.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    510 feet
  2. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    980 feet
  3. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Oracle Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    220 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 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 Myrtle Avenue or Waverly 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, 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.