Remsen Street & Montague Terrace

Remsen Street and Montague Terrace 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. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Borough Hall/Court St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Borough Hall/Court St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, R
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St · B25, B26, B38, B41
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Remsen Street & Montague Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Borough Hall/Court St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St, 0.4 miles away, for the B25, B26, B38 and B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cadman Plaza West/Remsen St B25, B26, B38, B41
    0.4 miles
    B25 B26 B38 B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B38 …
  4. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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. Montague St & Hicks St 36 docks in all
    680 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
    1 mile
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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 August 2022.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Montague Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Montague Terrace

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

North side of Remsen Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 316 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1846 and 1895.

  1. High Pressure Fire Service - Main Pumping station Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Hotel Bossert Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Neighborhood Houses (Settlement House) Designated landmark
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    480 feet
  2. Altschool Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Brooklyn Autism Center Academy School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    200 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    390 feet
  3. Pierrepont Playground
    420 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Landmark
    480 feet
  2. Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Chabad of Brooklyn Heights House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 55 Pierrepont Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 224 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and three 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 Montague Terrace or Remsen 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.