Washington Avenue & Myrtle Avenue

Washington Avenue and Myrtle Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Myrtle Avenue Plaza is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Myrtle Av/Washington Av · B54
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Myrtle Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Washington Av, 110 feet away, for the B54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Washington Av B54
    110 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave 33 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303061 and 313815.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 77 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1885.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    240 feet
  2. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,060 feet
Show all 7
  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    1,250 feet
  3. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  4. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    760 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park
    870 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    430 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Myrtle 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.