Union Street & Classon Avenue

Union Street and Classon Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn is 350 feet away, and Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Classon Av/President St · B48
Within a walk
21 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    970 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    1,160 feet
    2 3
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/President St, 220 feet away, for the B48.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/President St B48 · Shelter
    220 feet
    B48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Pl & Classon Ave 28 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 0 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
147 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1893 and 1915.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Dr. Ronald McNair Park.

  1. Dr. Ronald McNair Bust by Ogundipe Fayomi, 1994
    100 feet
  2. Joseph A. Guider Urn by Romeo Frassanito, 1930
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn School
    350 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment School
    490 feet
  3. Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre School
    490 feet
Show all 14
  1. International High School at Prospect Heights School
    490 feet
  2. The High School for Global Citizenship School
    490 feet
  3. Chai Tots Preschool of Prospect Heights Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    500 feet
  4. Clara Barton High School
    660 feet
  5. Bumblebees -R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  6. Classon Avenue Pre-K
    810 feet
  7. P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston School
    900 feet
  8. Wurzelkinder Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  9. Prospect Kids Academy #2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  10. Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  11. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Ronald McNair Park
    70 feet
  2. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    640 feet
  3. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Botanical garden
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Museum Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.