Putnam Avenue & Downing Street

Putnam Avenue and Downing Street meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jitu Weusi Plaza is 380 feet away, and Zion Baptist Church is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Fulton St/Grand Av · B25, B26
Within a walk
33 places
17 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Downing Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,160 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Grand Av, 400 feet away, for the B25 and B26.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Grand Av B25, B26 · Shelter
    400 feet
    B25 B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Irving Pl 31 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    530 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Downing Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Downing Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 139 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1879.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    40 feet
  2. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    1,130 feet
  6. Starting Point - Bedford Stuyvesant School
    1,160 feet
  7. Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crispus Attucks Playground
    530 feet
  2. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    750 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    820 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    640 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  3. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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