Pacific Street & Clinton Street

Pacific Street and Clinton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Public School No. 78 stands 360 feet away, and Van Voorhees Playground is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 57 places to eat.

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Pacific Street & Clinton Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
  5. R …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Clinton St, 300 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Clinton St B61, B63 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    300 feet
    B61 B63
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street and Pacific Street.

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Congress St & Clinton St 44 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 3PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 463 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1870.

  1. St. Mary the Virgin Syrian Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. (former) Brooklyn Athenaeum Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Long Island Coll Hosp Sch of Nrsing College
    970 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Preschool of Science Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    1,090 feet
  3. MS Lam Montessori School
    1,270 feet
  4. Mary McDowell Friends - Upper School
    1,290 feet
  5. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    570 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    870 feet
  3. Van Voorhees Playground
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. NYU Langone Hospital - Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center Hospital
    970 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    550 feet
  2. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. St Charles Borromeo Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    620 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.