Washington Avenue & Greene Avenue

Washington Avenue and Greene Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Clinton Hill Library is 350 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 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
570 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Greene Av/Washington Av · B52
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Greene Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    570 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Washington Av, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Washington Av B52 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 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. Washington Ave & Greene Ave 19 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 445 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1867 and 1878.

  1. Pratt Institute: Higgins Hall Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Orthodox Friends Meeting House Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School · landmark
    580 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM - YWHA Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greene Playground
    50 feet
  2. Underwood Park
    590 feet
  3. Hollenback Community Garden
    590 feet
Show all 4
  1. Underwood Park Playground
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Clinton Hill Library Landmark
    350 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Greene Avenue or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.