Pierrepont Street & Monroe Place

Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Unitarian Church is 110 feet away, and Holy Trinity Church Parish Hall stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
34 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pierrepont Street & Monroe Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    580 feet
    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. Clark St 2, 3
    1,130 feet
    2 3
  2. High St A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St, 890 feet away, for the B103.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    890 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 99 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 11 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pierrepont St & Monroe Pl 24 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Monroe Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Monroe Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO APPELLATE DIVISION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

North side of Pierrepont Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM
  • Other rule 3 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 291 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. Appellate Division Supreme Court of New York State 2nd Department Designated landmark
    200 feet
  2. Holy Trinity Church Parish Hall Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. Holy Trinity Church Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Saint Ann's School
    310 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
Show all 14
  1. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Rightway Therapeutic Services Preschool
    560 feet
  3. Smith Street Arts Et Lettres School
    640 feet
  4. Packer Collegiate Institute Early School
    780 feet
  5. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    820 feet
  6. New Allen School Trade or language school
    920 feet
  7. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  8. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
  9. Career Training Center Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  10. Mti Business School (5002) Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  11. Mti Business School-Tech Div(5001) Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Park
    760 feet
  2. Korean War Veterans Plaza Park
    940 feet
  3. Cadman Plaza Park
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pierrepont Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    310 feet
  3. Brooklyn Trust Company Listed historic place
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Library
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Unitarian Church Landmark
    110 feet
  2. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    240 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    470 feet
Show all 6
  1. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    720 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bankruptcy Court Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Brooklyn Supreme Court Civil Courthouse
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    480 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Monroe Place or Pierrepont Street.

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