Park Avenue & Clermont Avenue

Park Avenue and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 260 feet away for the B62, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 18 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Park Av/Vanderbilt Av · B62
Within a walk
17 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Clermont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, 260 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Vanderbilt Av B62
    260 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Clermont Avenue and Park Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Park Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

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

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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)
Fort Greene
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and September 2020; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clermont Avenue

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

West side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 48 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Greene Hill School
    490 feet
  2. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    620 feet
Show all 7
  1. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    840 feet
  3. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    650 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clermont Avenue or Park Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.