Park Avenue & Emerson Place

Park Avenue and Emerson Place meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Taaffe Playground is 430 feet away, and Hychel Hatorah is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Classon Av/Park Av, is 410 feet away for the B48 and B62, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Emerson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Park Av, 410 feet away, for the B48 and B62.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75 Classon Avenue Gas station
    1,000 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Emerson Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Emerson Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hychel Hatorah School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Taaffe Playground
    430 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park
    1,100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Steuben Playground
    1,170 feet
  3. Pratt Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Emerson Place or Park Avenue.

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