St James Place & Lefferts Place

St James Place and Lefferts Place meet at a three-way junction in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn's Finest Garden is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
St James Place & Lefferts Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    650 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Washington Av, 560 feet away, for the B25 and B26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Washington Av B25, B26 · Shelter
    560 feet
    B25 B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Underhill Ave & Pacific St 27 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    880 feet
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 2024.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 235 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St James Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 76 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1873 and 1894.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Lowry Triangle.

  1. Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry Bust by Robert W. Pugh, 1982
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Shining Smiles Daycare I Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    510 feet
  2. Lowry Triangle
    790 feet
  3. Crispus Attucks Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet
  2. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    650 feet
  3. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lefferts Place or St James Place.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.