Park Avenue & Classon Avenue

Park Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Classon Av/Park Av, is 110 feet away for the B48 and B62, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Classon Av/Park Av · B48, B62
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Park Av, 110 feet away, for the B48 and B62.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Park Av B48, B62
    110 feet
    B48 B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Emerson Pl & Myrtle Ave 63 docks in all
    1,200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75 Classon Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-6PM FRIDAY 8AM-1PM

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    720 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hychel Hatorah School
    990 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Tashbar School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taaffe Playground
    130 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    770 feet
  3. Steuben Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Classon Triangle
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Park Avenue.

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