Union Street & Clinton Street

Union Street and Clinton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Congregational Church Rectory, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 420 feet away, and Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Carroll St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Carroll St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Court St/President St · B57
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Clinton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Carroll St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    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, 950 feet away, for the B57.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clinton Street and Union Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton St & Union St 38 docks in all
    60 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, 0.5 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
48 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 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and February 2024, 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Clinton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

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

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and 89 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1847 and 1879.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Col Hosp Sch Nursing College
    770 feet
  2. Regina's Group Daycare Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  3. Ladybug Playgroup Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pache Montessori Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carroll Park
    900 feet
  2. Carroll Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    570 feet
  2. John Rankin House Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. South Congregational Church Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Episcopal Church Cobble Hill House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 378 Court Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. 76th Precinct Police station
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 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 27 places to eat and 14 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 Clinton Street or Union 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.