Pierrepont Street & Willow Street

Pierrepont Street and Willow Street meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Standish Arms Hotel stands 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St · B103
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pierrepont Street & Willow Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clark St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St, 0.4 miles away, for the B103.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Johnson St B103
    0.4 miles
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

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

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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 November 2025.

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pierrepont Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Other rule 2 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

East side of Willow Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Willow Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 5 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 325 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1844 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Brookmont Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. The Standish Arms Hotel Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 historic site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,270 feet
  3. Saint Ann's School
    1,300 feet
  4. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pierrepont Playground
    270 feet
  2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    410 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    470 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Stirling Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn Historical Society Historic site · listed historic place
    1,270 feet
  3. Center for Brooklyn History Library · listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Presbyterian Church Landmark
    990 feet
  2. First Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  3. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. St Ann & the Holy Trinity Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  4. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center · landmark
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pierrepont Street or Willow 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.