President Street & Clinton Street

President Street and Clinton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Court St/President St · B57
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
President Street & Clinton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    1,150 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/President St, 690 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/President St B57
    690 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Union St 38 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Hicks Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Woodhull Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 69 Rapelye Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Clinton Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of President Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of President Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1840 and 1897.

  1. Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. 238 President Street House Designated landmark
    190 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Rectory Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    670 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends - Middle School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 058 the Carroll School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    630 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    310 feet
  2. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    340 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Listed historic place
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clinton Street or President Street.

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